The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-26

the civil service. These were the tbree great professions, and the subjects taught at the great centres of learning, like Heliopolis or Hermopolis, would in- clude religion, astronomy and astrology; magic and the use of incantations; medicine anatomy, the use of amulets and charms; history; probably one extra language; arithmetic, said to have been revealed by Thot, and law. The civil service was, perhaps, the widest profession, as it included the posts in the Kings household, the office of taxes, and superintendence of public works. The chief butler and the chief baker in the time of Joseph would come under his head, and were probably men of refine ment and education. There would also be under his head the record office, where large number of men would be employed writing the national annals, The hightest education, of course, was demanded for admission to the priest hood. Indeed, the training never stopped, and embraced almost every thing. The priesthood had the pick of the men. Certainly, next came the civil service. For the army the require ments were not severe, more regard be- ing paid to the military athletic exer- cises. The priests were not only the ministers of religion, they were doctors and magicians, and probably lawyers.
 The most desirable post was to get into the regal household, in immediate attendance upon the King. Magicians were especially favored, hence the dili- gent study of magic. Perhaps some youthful readers would offer no objec- tion to such a subject being introduced into our public schools, and would re- gard it as fine fun to cause walking sticks to turn into serpents, and date trees to grow out of cricket caps
 One wonders what Egyptian Etonians were like; whether they were as mis- chievous and as bosterous as English lads; if so, what a time the masters must have had. and what floggings there must have been.
 Wonderful stories are told of the ma- gicians. I mean, of course, the masters of the art a position, I suppose, every lad who had a taste for that subject aspired to win. 'Is it true" said Kheops to one of these sorcerers, that thou canst replace a head that has been cut off" On his admission that he could do so, Pharaoh immediately pro- ceeded to put his power to the test. Bring me a prisoner, and let him be slain," commanded the King. The magician answered at this; Nay, not man, sire my master; do not com mand that this sin should be committed; a fine animal will suffice" So a goose .I.l 1,a, J NEf o,,I the body placed on the right side, and the head of the goose on the left side of the hall. He recited his incantation from the book of magic; and 10! the goose began to hop forward, the head moved to meet the body, and when both united the goose began the crackle! The same process was gone through with bull and pelican. Many simi- lar stories are told.
 Moses. as the protege and the adopted son of a princess, would have within reach the whole range of education which has been briefly described. His | adopted mother, as a princess royal, | would have her own estate, palace and retinue of attendants. Probably she would be a patroness of one or more of | the colleges, so the lad Moses would
 
 1 have every facility which wealth and | influence could give. There is the | flash of genius, there is also the sold | ity of the scholar,in in the man who made l Israel a nation and the first fighting power of the age. No man in all the I worlds history has done so much as | Moses As statesman, soldier, lawyer, historian, poet, the story which fascin ates us as children retains it's attraction
 and redoubles it's force when we read it
 as men in the light of modern research,
 How much of this marvellous success | is due to his education we cannot es | timate I venture to say that the palm
 of being the greatest man in the worlds
 history must be awarded to Moses, a public school lad of the time when the Pharaohs ruled in Egypt, before the | first mud huts were built in the Valley
 of the Tiber, and when this country of
 ours twas not."-Pan Mall Gazette