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applied to government, — Other clajfes of men in Egypt ^ Jet apart 

 and dijlinguijhed from the reji. — And frjl the military chi/s, — 

 Some obfernjations upon that cla/s.— They belong to the id order of 

 men mentioned by Hefiod. — The other clajfes conftjl of men 'who 

 are necejfary in every Jlate, beifig fuch as provide the necefjaries 

 of life for the people. — Difference betivixt Herodotus and Diodorus 

 Siculus, as to the divifion of them. — To make the diflinflion of men 

 among the inferior claffes^ a matter of great difficulty, — // ivas the 

 •work of the Dxmon Kings in Egypt ^ voho formed the polity of E- 

 gypt. — This polity formed before the expedition of 0/iris into India, 

 — not the vuork of any of the human Kings. — Providence interpof- 

 ed to promote the progrefs of men tovuards their recovery from 

 their fallen flat e, by the improvement of their intelledual faculties. 

 — This he did among the Jevos, to vohom he gave a lavu and con- 

 Jlitution, by his Angels and by Mofes. — This he did alfo in Egypt ^ 

 but not in fo fignal a manner, as among the j^cws. — // 'was pro- 

 per that a difference Jloould be made betwixt the tzvo nations. — Of 

 the education in Egypt. — -There the bejl education poffible; for it 

 •was dome/lie, — all arts and fciences there hereditary, and continu- 

 ally increafmg from generation to generation. — This education com- 

 pared 'with the education atnong us, and the education among the 

 Greeks and Romatis. — Nature and Educalio7i never feparated among 

 the Egyptians. — Where that feparation is made, the charaflers of 

 men can never be perfefl. — Of the manner cf living of the Egypti- 

 an Priefls. — This too qualified them to excell in arts and fciences. — 

 In this like'wife very different from men of fcience in other coun- 

 tries. — It 'was therefore neceffary, that they fjjould excell the 

 Greeks and every other nation in arts and philofophy.—~The Egyp- 

 tians had not among them the arts of poetry and rhetoric. — Nor 

 did they cultivate mufic fo much as the Greeks did, as it ^vas no 

 art of pleafure ainong them. — Sculpture and painting praflfed a- 

 mong the Egyptians, but tnore cultivated among the Greeks. — 7he 



Greek 



