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great many noble-hearted and intelligent men who, 

 sooner or later, will carry public opinion with 

 them. 



" My letter to Cobden will be useful as a text when 

 the time comes to carry on a crusade against the men 

 who stand by the past. 



" After this digression, excited by the reference to 

 the Cairo citadel, let me return to our expedition, 

 which halted for the last time near the tomb of 

 Malek Adel, the cupola of which protects us from 

 the sun. Malek Adel was the brother of the Sultan 

 Salah Eddin (Saladin), who was the reigning Caliph 

 in Egypt during tha crusade of Philip Augustus; 

 but Madame Cottin's French romance makes far more 

 of him than the Arab writers, according to whom 

 he did not play any conspicuous part in the history 

 of his day. 



"From there we ride on into Cairo, and I again 

 take up my quarters at the palace of the Mucafirs." 



Instructions to MM. Linant Bey and Mougel Bey, 

 with reference to the Scheme for a Maritime Canal 

 from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and for an 

 Alimentary Canal branching from the Nile. 



"CAIBO, January 15, 1855. 



" The exploring mission with which the Viceroy 

 has entrusted us being just over, I think it well to 

 direct the attention of MM. Linant and Mougel Bey 

 to the principal points which should be present in 



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