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Quotes from A History of Egypt — James Henry Breasted

1865–1935 United States

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[In the 7th century BC] the past was supreme; the priest who cherished it lived in a realm of shadows, and for the contemporary world he had no vital meaning.

A History of Egypt (1905)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Henry Breasted (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.