"Lxxxiv" Quotes from Famous Books
... throne of Osiris." [Footnote: Recuell de Travaux, tom. v. p. 167 (l. 65).] and in a papyrus written nearly two thousand years later the deceased himself says, "My soul is God, my soul is eternity," [Footnote: Papyrus of Ani, Plate 28, l. 15 (Chapter lxxxiv.).] a clear proof that the ideas of the existence of God and of eternity were identical. Yet one other example is worth quoting, if only to show the care that the writers of religious texts took to impress the immortality of the soul upon their readers. ... — Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life • E. A. Wallis Budge
... LXXXIV. Thou learn'dst the lesson, long ago, my HOME, And taught'st it to a willing, wondering world, When thy bright stars rose o'er the ocean's foam, And lit thy banner as it stood unfurl'd; When, from thy farthest mountain ... — The Emigrant - or Reflections While Descending the Ohio • Frederick William Thomas |