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The entire Arabian people was subsidized. The surplus revenues which in rapidly increasing volume began to flow from the conquered lands into the Moslem treasuries were to the last farthing distributed among the soldiers of Arabian descent. THE ENTIRE ARABIAN PEOPLE WAS SUBSIDIZED THE SURPLUS REVENUES WHICH IN RAPIDLY INCREASING VOLUME BEGAN TO FLOW FROM THE CONQUERED LANDS INTO THE MOSLEM TREASURIES WERE TO THE LAST FOURTHING DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE SOLDIERS OF ARABIAN DESCENT
ed up at the call from every quarter of the peninsula, and the Bedouin tribes, as bees from their hive, streamed forth in swarms, animated by the prospect of conquest, plunder, and captive damsels, or, if slain in battle, by the still more coveted prize of the "martyr" in the material paradise of Mohammed. With a military ardor and new-born zeal in which carnal and spiritual aspirations were strangely blended, the Arabs rushed forth to the field, like the war-horse of Job, "that smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting." Sullen constraint was in a moment transformed into an absolute devotion and fiery resolve to spread the faith. The Arab warrior became the missionary of Islam. [Sidenote: Arabs, a military body, subsidized and mobilized by Omar.] It was now the care of Omar, the second caliph or ruler of the new-born empire, to establish a system whereby the spirit militant, called into existence with such force and fervor, might be rendered permanent.  ONE END OF ARABIA TO THE OTHER AND ELECTRIFIED THE LAND LEEWAY ACTED LEWAY AND MARCY STARTED UP AT THE CALL FROM EVERY QUARTER OF THE PENINSULA AND THE BEDWIN TRIBES AS BEASTS FROM THEIR HIVE STREAMED FORTH IN SWARMS ANIMATED BY THE PROSPECT OF CONQUEST PLUNDER AND CAPTIVE DANCERS OR IF SLAIN IN BATTLE BY THE STILL MORE COVETED PRIZE OF THE MARTYR IN THE MATERIAL PARADISE OF MOHAMMAD WITH A MILITARY ARDOUR AND NEW BORN ZEAL IN WHICH CARDINAL AND SPIRITUAL ASPIRATIONS WERE STRANGELY BLENDED THE ARABS RUSHED FORTH TO THE FIELD LIKE THE WAR HORSE OF JOHN THAT SMELT THE BATTLE AFAR OFF THE THUNDER OF THE CAPTAINS AND THE SHOUTING SULLEN CONSTRAINT WAS IN A MOMENT TRANSFORMED INTO AN ABSOLUTE DEVOTION AND FAIRY RESOLVED TO SPREAD THE FAITH THE ARAB WARRIOR BECAME THE MISSIONARY OF HIS LAND IT WAS NOW THE CARE OF OMAR THE SECOND CALIPH OR RULER OF THE NEWBORN EMPIRE TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM WHERE I THE SPIRIT MILITANT FALLED INTO EXISTENCE WITH SUCH FORCE AND FERVOR MIGHT BE RENDERED PERMANENT
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