Photograph by Earle Harrison 

 FORTY CENTURIES LOOK DOWN UPON A LAND OF ALTERNATE STARVATION 



AND PLENTY 



Since the beginning of recorded time Egypt has been a land of plenty when the Nile has 

 overflowed in its proper season; but when the waters have failed to cover the great valley, 

 instead of being the granary of the Near East, this country of the ancient Pharaohs has 

 been a region of direst sufferine;. 



So 



