[25] St. Paul says: “Qui non laborat non manducet.”

[26] Herodotus, lib. ii.

[27] Diodorus, lib. i.

[28] Diodorus, lib. i.

[29] From σείω, I shake off, and ἄχθος, burden. See Plutarch, Life of Solon, xiv.

[30] Ampère, Des Castes, etc., dans l’ancienne Egypte.

[31] Letter from M. de Rougé à M. Leemans, Revue Archéol., vol. xii.

[32] We have seen by the law respecting loans, attributed to King Bocchoris, that coined money was known to the Egyptians at least eight centuries B.C.

[33] F. Lenormant, Manuel d’Hist. ancienne.

[34] Discours sur l’Hist. univ.: “The Egyptians observe the customs of their fathers, and adopt no new ones,” says Herodotus.