[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace]@TWC D-Link bookBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ CHAPTER V 4/23
Perfection is God; simplicity is perfection.
The curse of curses is that men will not let truths like these alone." He stopped, as if considering in what manner to continue. "Many nations have loved the sweet waters of the Nile," he said next; "the Ethiopian, the Pali-Putra, the Hebrew, the Assyrian, the Persian, the Macedonian, the Roman--of whom all, except the Hebrew, have at one time or another been its masters.
So much coming and going of peoples corrupted the old Mizraimic faith. The Valley of Palms became a Valley of Gods.
The Supreme One was divided into eight, each personating a creative principle in nature, with Ammon-Re at the head.
Then Isis and Osiris, and their circle, representing water, fire, air, and other forces, were invented. Still the multiplication went on until we had another order, suggested by human qualities, such as strength, knowledge, love, and the like." "In all which there was the old folly!" cried the Greek, impulsively.
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