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Ram headed gods, although their horns be broken and all their worshippers gone; armies whose elephants have turned against them; kings whose ancestors have eclipsed their faces in heaven and left them helpless against the onslaught of the stars; not a tear is given for one of these to day. RAM HEADED GODS ALTHOUGH THEIR HORNS BE BROKEN AND ALL THEIR WORSHIPPERS GONE ARMIES WHOSE ELEPHANTS HAVE TURNED AGAINST THEM KINGS WHOSE ANCESTORS HAVE ECLIPSED THEIR FACES IN HEAVEN AND LEFT THEM HELPLESS AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE STARS NOT A TEAR IS GIVEN FOR ONE OF THESE TO DAY
 corruption within. Who knows? But one day I saw a woman come out from the back of her house and empty a basket full of dust and rubbish right into the temple at Luxor, where a dark green god is seated, three times the size of a man, buried as high as his waist. I suppose that what I saw had been happening off and on pretty well every morning for the last four thousand years. Safe under the dust that that woman threw, and the women that lived before her, Time hid his secrets. And then I have seen the edges of stones in deserts that might or might not have been cities: they had fallen so long that you could hardly say. At all these cities, whether disaster met them, and ruin came suddenly on to crowded streets; or whether they passed slowly out of fashion, and grew quieter year by year while the jackals drew nearer and nearer; at all these cities one can look with interest and not be saddened by the faintest sorrow--for anything that happened to such a different people so very long ago. HE NILE I SUPPOSE OR CORRUPTION WITHIN WHO KNOWS BUT ONE DAY I SAW A WOMAN COME OUT FROM THE BACK OF HER HOUSE AND EMPTY A BASKET FULL OF DUST AND RUBBISH RIGHT INTO THE TEMPLE AT LUXOR WHERE A DARK GREEN GOD IS SEATED THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF MAN BURIED AS HIGH AS HIS WAIST I SUPPOSE THAT WHAT I SAW HAD BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON PRETTY WELL EVERY MORNING FOR THE LAST FOUR THOUSAND YEARS SAFE UNDER THE DUST THAT THAT WOMAN THREW AND THE WOMEN THAT LIVED BEFORE HER TIME HID HIS SECRETS AND THEN I HAVE SEEN THE EDGES OF STONES AND DESERTS THAT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN CITIES THEY HAD FALLEN SO LONG THAT YOU COULD HARDLY SAY AT ALL THESE CITIES WHETHER DISASTER MET THEM AND RUIN CAME SUDDENLY ON TO CROWDED STREETS OR WHETHER THEY PASSED SLOWLY OUT OF FASHION AND GREW QUIETER YEAR BY YEAR WHILE THE JACKALS DREW NEARER AND NEARER AT ALL THESE CITIES ONE CAN LOOK WITH INTEREST AND NOT BE SADDENED BY THE FAINTEST SORROW FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO SUCH A DIFFERENT PEOPLE SO VERY LONG AGO
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