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ence being given, I have not been able to find it. I have, indeed, 
come upon a passage in the 3rd volume (p. 135) of my last book, 
“ Life and Work at the Great Pyramid,” identical almost word for 
word with the passage accused, except in this, that it has not the 
vulgarism extraordinary , but the right word in that place, or extra- 
ordinarily. 
Can the Council assist me in finding where the real sin may lie? 
Here is the accusation in their And here is the passage in my 
printed Proceedings , p. 260. volume iii. p. 135 of “ Life and Work 
“ at the Great Pyramid,” which seems 
to be the one referred to, but does not 
contain the evil thing attributed to 
it : — 
“ An extraordinary (sic) conve- 
nient length, too, for man to handle 
and use in the common affairs of 
life, is the one ten- millionth of the 
earth’s semi-axis of rotation when 
it comes to be realised, for it is 
extremely close to the ordinary 
human arm, or to the ordinary 
human pace, in walking with a pur- 
pose to measure.” 
“ An extraordinarily convenient 
“ length too, for man to handle 
“ and use in the common affairs of 
“ life, is the one ten-millionth of 
“ the earth’s semi-axis of rota- 
“ tion, when it comes to be realized 
“ (as a linear standard) ; for it is 
“ extremely close, either to the length 
“ of the ordinary human arm, or to 
“ the ordinary human pace, in walk- 
“ ing with a purpose to measure.” 
For the more complete understanding of my version of the ori- 
ginal sentence — taken away, as it is here, from the other sentences 
of its paragraph in its own book — I have inserted, in parenthesis, the 
words “ as a linear standard ” after “ realized : ” because a main pur- 
port of the whole is to show, that the modern French metre, being 
nearly 39 inches in length, is too long ; and the ancient Egyptian 
cubit, only 20*7 inches in length, too short ; but the Great Pyramid 
cubit, being 25 inches long, is most appropriate and handy to use 
as a measuring rod. And I have called attention above by italics to 
the words “ either to the length of,” which are found in my book, 
and assist the above intended meaning, but are omitted in the 
condemnatory Proceedings' edition. 
(3.) 
Lastly, I would remark under the literary heading, that, in the 
general description given by the Proceedings' author of the present 
exterior of the Great Pyramid, I am specially quoted for the words 
