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THE DESEBT 



the fertile plains have thrown away. They and 

 their forefathers have never known civilization, 

 and never suffered from the blight of doubt. 

 Of a simple nature, they have lived in a simple 

 way, close to their mother earth, beside the 

 desert they loved, and (let us believe it !) nearer 

 to the God they worshipped. 



