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essanynehings
itissafetosaythatindueurseoftitheywouldhave
givenupthewaysofsavagesandwouldhavedevelopeda
civilisationoftheiroeanendto
theirisolationtheyovered
atravellerfronunknohlando
ountainpasseshadfoundhisway
totheefrobr >
africahisho
thevalleyofthenilehaddevelopedahighstageofcivilisation
thousandsofyearsbeforethepeopleofthehad
dreadofthepossibilitiesofaforkorawheelorahouse
andhereforeleaveourgreatgreatgrandfathersin
theircaves,thesoutheandeasteshoresof
thediterranean,oodtheearliestschoolofthe
hunrace
theegyptianshavetaughtusnythingstheywere
excellentfarrstheykneirrigationtheybuilt
teleserhegreeksandh
servedastheearliestdelsforthechurchesinhweworship
noedacalendarhproved
sueasuringti
thatithassurvivedost
iortantofall,theegyptianshadleaedhoopreserve
speechforthebenefitoffuturegenerationstheyhadinvented
theartofing
edtoneagazines
thatakeitforgrantedthattheworldhasalwaysbeen
abletoreadandatteroffact,ost
iortantofallinventions,isquitenehoutten
docuntssanddogs,each
theirkittensandtheirpuppiesafeplethingsandwho,
becausetheycannote,possessnoheycan
keuseoftheexperienceofthosegenerationsofcatsand
dogsthathavegonebefore
inthefirste
toegypt,theyfoundthevalleyfullofstrangelittlepictures
edtohavesothingtodohthehistory
oftheuntrybuttheronsinterestedin``anything
foreignanddidnotinquireintotheoriginofthesequeer
figuresplesandthewallsof
thepalaadeoutofthe
papyrusreedthelastoftheegyptianpriestswhohad
understoodtheholyartofkingsuchpictureshaddiedseveral
yearsbeforeegyptdeprivedofitsindependencehad
beeastorehousefilledportanthistorients
hlyuse
toeitheorbeast
seventeencenturiesainedaland
ofsterybutintheyear1798afrenchgeneralbythe
naofbonapartehappenedtovisiteasteafricatoprepare
foranattackuponthebritishindianlonieshedid
notgetbeyondthenile,andhiscaaign,
quiteaccidentally,thefausfrenchexpeditionsolvedthe
probleftheancientegyptianpicturelanguage
onedayayoungfrenuchboredbythedreary
lifeofhislittlefortressontherosettariverauthofthe
niledeagingang
theruinsoftheniledeltaandbeholdhefoundastone
likeeverythingelseinegypt
ithlittlefiguresbutthisparticularslabof
blackbasaltanythingthathadeverbeen
disvereditcarriedthreeinscriptionsoneofthesewas
ingreekthegreeklanguagehatis
necessary,sohereasoned,``istoparethegreektexth
theegyptianfigures,andtheyoncetelltheirsecrets
theplansoundedsileenoughbutittookrethan
tyyearstosolvetheriddleintheyear1802afrench
professorbythenaofchaollionbegantoparethe
greekandtheegyptiantextsofthefausrosettastonein
theyear1823heannouncedthathehaddisveredtheaning
offourteenlittlefiguresashorttilaterhediedfrobr >
overainprinciplesofegyptianinghad
beeknohestoryofthevalleyofthenileis
betterknoississippiriver
enrerdhousandyears
ofchronicledhistory
astheancientegyptianhieroglyphicstheeans
``sacredinghaveplayedsuchaverygreatrolein
history,afeindifiedforaveevenfoundtheir
ething
abouttheingenioussystecenturiesago
topreservethespokening
generations
ofurse,youknoasignlanguageisevery
indianstoryofoureplainshasachapterdevotedto
strangessagesoflittlepicturesh
tellhoanybuffaloesanyhunters
thereainpartyasaruleitisnotdifficultto
understandtheaningofsuchssages
ancientegyptian,hoasignlanguagethe
cleverpeopleofthenilehadpassedbeyondthatstagelong
beforetheirpicturesantagreatdealrethantheobject
heyrepresented,asishalltrytoexplaintoyounow
supposethatyoupollion,andthatyouwere
exaningastackofpapyrussheets,allveredhhieroglyphics
suddenlyyouanh
asaeansofursethat
afarrouttocutdoreethenyoutakeanother
papyrusittellsthestoryofaqueentheage
ofeightytidstofasentenceappearsthepicture
ofthenhthesaythandle
saustansothingelsebut
thatistheriddleanfinallysolved
hedisveredthattheegyptianshefirsttouse
ofcharactersh
reproducethe``soundorphoneofthespokenwordand
akeitpossibleforustotranslateallourspokenwords
intoa,hthehelpofonlyafesanddashes
andpothooks
letusretuforanttothelittlefellohthesaw
theeansacertaintoolhyouwillfind
inaeansthepasttenseoftheverb
``tosee
thisishadhappenedtotheheurse
ofeantonlytheparticulartool
eaninghadbeenlostandit
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essanynehings
itissafetosaythatindueurseoftitheywouldhave
givenupthewaysofsavagesandwouldhavedevelopeda
civilisationoftheiroeanendto
theirisolationtheyovered
atravellerfronunknohlando
ountainpasseshadfoundhisway
totheefrobr >
africahisho
thevalleyofthenilehaddevelopedahighstageofcivilisation
thousandsofyearsbeforethepeopleofthehad
dreadofthepossibilitiesofaforkorawheelorahouse
andhereforeleaveourgreatgreatgrandfathersin
theircaves,thesoutheandeasteshoresof
thediterranean,oodtheearliestschoolofthe
hunrace
theegyptianshavetaughtusnythingstheywere
excellentfarrstheykneirrigationtheybuilt
teleserhegreeksandh
servedastheearliestdelsforthechurchesinhweworship
noedacalendarhproved
sueasuringti
thatithassurvivedost
iortantofall,theegyptianshadleaedhoopreserve
speechforthebenefitoffuturegenerationstheyhadinvented
theartofing
edtoneagazines
thatakeitforgrantedthattheworldhasalwaysbeen
abletoreadandatteroffact,ost
iortantofallinventions,isquitenehoutten
docuntssanddogs,each
theirkittensandtheirpuppiesafeplethingsandwho,
becausetheycannote,possessnoheycan
keuseoftheexperienceofthosegenerationsofcatsand
dogsthathavegonebefore
inthefirste
toegypt,theyfoundthevalleyfullofstrangelittlepictures
edtohavesothingtodohthehistory
oftheuntrybuttheronsinterestedin``anything
foreignanddidnotinquireintotheoriginofthesequeer
figuresplesandthewallsof
thepalaadeoutofthe
papyrusreedthelastoftheegyptianpriestswhohad
understoodtheholyartofkingsuchpictureshaddiedseveral
yearsbeforeegyptdeprivedofitsindependencehad
beeastorehousefilledportanthistorients
hlyuse
toeitheorbeast
seventeencenturiesainedaland
ofsterybutintheyear1798afrenchgeneralbythe
naofbonapartehappenedtovisiteasteafricatoprepare
foranattackuponthebritishindianlonieshedid
notgetbeyondthenile,andhiscaaign,
quiteaccidentally,thefausfrenchexpeditionsolvedthe
probleftheancientegyptianpicturelanguage
onedayayoungfrenuchboredbythedreary
lifeofhislittlefortressontherosettariverauthofthe
niledeagingang
theruinsoftheniledeltaandbeholdhefoundastone
likeeverythingelseinegypt
ithlittlefiguresbutthisparticularslabof
blackbasaltanythingthathadeverbeen
disvereditcarriedthreeinscriptionsoneofthesewas
ingreekthegreeklanguagehatis
necessary,sohereasoned,``istoparethegreektexth
theegyptianfigures,andtheyoncetelltheirsecrets
theplansoundedsileenoughbutittookrethan
tyyearstosolvetheriddleintheyear1802afrench
professorbythenaofchaollionbegantoparethe
greekandtheegyptiantextsofthefausrosettastonein
theyear1823heannouncedthathehaddisveredtheaning
offourteenlittlefiguresashorttilaterhediedfrobr >
overainprinciplesofegyptianinghad
beeknohestoryofthevalleyofthenileis
betterknoississippiriver
enrerdhousandyears
ofchronicledhistory
astheancientegyptianhieroglyphicstheeans
``sacredinghaveplayedsuchaverygreatrolein
history,afeindifiedforaveevenfoundtheir
ething
abouttheingenioussystecenturiesago
topreservethespokening
generations
ofurse,youknoasignlanguageisevery
indianstoryofoureplainshasachapterdevotedto
strangessagesoflittlepicturesh
tellhoanybuffaloesanyhunters
thereainpartyasaruleitisnotdifficultto
understandtheaningofsuchssages
ancientegyptian,hoasignlanguagethe
cleverpeopleofthenilehadpassedbeyondthatstagelong
beforetheirpicturesantagreatdealrethantheobject
heyrepresented,asishalltrytoexplaintoyounow
supposethatyoupollion,andthatyouwere
exaningastackofpapyrussheets,allveredhhieroglyphics
suddenlyyouanh
asaeansofursethat
afarrouttocutdoreethenyoutakeanother
papyrusittellsthestoryofaqueentheage
ofeightytidstofasentenceappearsthepicture
ofthenhthesaythandle
saustansothingelsebut
thatistheriddleanfinallysolved
hedisveredthattheegyptianshefirsttouse
ofcharactersh
reproducethe``soundorphoneofthespokenwordand
akeitpossibleforustotranslateallourspokenwords
intoa,hthehelpofonlyafesanddashes
andpothooks
letusretuforanttothelittlefellohthesaw
theeansacertaintoolhyouwillfind
inaeansthepasttenseoftheverb
``tosee
thisishadhappenedtotheheurse
ofeantonlytheparticulartool
eaninghadbeenlostandit
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