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46 THE GREAT PYRAMID.
shaped like a fan, the pyramid, set at the part cor-
responding to the handle, was, he considers, ' that
monument pure and undefiled in its religion through
an idolatrous land, alluded to by Isaiah ; the
monument which was both " an altar to the Lord
in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at
the border thereof," and destined withal to become
a witness in the latter days, and before the consum-
mation of all things, to the same Lord, and to
what He hath purposed upon mankind.' Still
more fanciful are some other notes upon the
pyramid's geographical position : as (i.) that there
is more land along the meridian of the pyramid
than on any other all the world round ; (ii.) that
there is more land in the latitude of the pyramid
than in any other ; and (iii.) that the pyramid ter-
ritory of Lower Egypt is at the centre of the dry
land habitable by man all the world over.
It does not seem to be noticed by those who
call our attention to these points that such coinci-
dences prove too much. It might be regarded as
not a mere accident that the Great Pyramid stands
at the centre of the arc of shore-line along which lie
the outlets of the Nile ; or it might be regarded as
not a mere coincidence that the Great Pyramid
stands at the central point of all the habitable land-
surface of the globe ; or again, any one of the other
shaped like a fan, the pyramid, set at the part cor-
responding to the handle, was, he considers, ' that
monument pure and undefiled in its religion through
an idolatrous land, alluded to by Isaiah ; the
monument which was both " an altar to the Lord
in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at
the border thereof," and destined withal to become
a witness in the latter days, and before the consum-
mation of all things, to the same Lord, and to
what He hath purposed upon mankind.' Still
more fanciful are some other notes upon the
pyramid's geographical position : as (i.) that there
is more land along the meridian of the pyramid
than on any other all the world round ; (ii.) that
there is more land in the latitude of the pyramid
than in any other ; and (iii.) that the pyramid ter-
ritory of Lower Egypt is at the centre of the dry
land habitable by man all the world over.
It does not seem to be noticed by those who
call our attention to these points that such coinci-
dences prove too much. It might be regarded as
not a mere accident that the Great Pyramid stands
at the centre of the arc of shore-line along which lie
the outlets of the Nile ; or it might be regarded as
not a mere coincidence that the Great Pyramid
stands at the central point of all the habitable land-
surface of the globe ; or again, any one of the other