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ters and fiery faith laid low the temporal power,
and revolutionized the religion of the country.
They established no aristocracy, no middle class of
tradesmen, no priestly class, no learning, no educa-
tion. Thus there was nothing to fiil the great gap
between the despotic ruler and the helpless peasant,
to elevate or even to guide the people.
From the eighth century to the present time that
gap has never been filled, and so the essential fac-
tors of a national life have been entirely wanting.
Only in its material productiveness does the Egypt
of to-day compare with the Egypt of the Pharaohs.
The national, the monumental, the spiritual product
is absent.
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and revolutionized the religion of the country.
They established no aristocracy, no middle class of
tradesmen, no priestly class, no learning, no educa-
tion. Thus there was nothing to fiil the great gap
between the despotic ruler and the helpless peasant,
to elevate or even to guide the people.
From the eighth century to the present time that
gap has never been filled, and so the essential fac-
tors of a national life have been entirely wanting.
Only in its material productiveness does the Egypt
of to-day compare with the Egypt of the Pharaohs.
The national, the monumental, the spiritual product
is absent.
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