Author: D. Mackenzie Wallace

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9780266495338

Excerpt from Egypt and the Egyptian Question To understand such conduct on the part of a Mudir, English readers must be informed that the chief duty of a provincial Governor in Egypt is not to prevent injustice or to increase the well - being of the inhabit ants, but to collect the full amount of the taxes, and to avoid giving unnecessary trouble to his superiors. In his officially trained mind the fellaheen are not men and women with human feelings and civil rights who are to be protected and cared for, but rather biped sheep which have to be regularly shorn at ap pointed seasons. Their complaints, therefore, fall on his ears pretty much as the pathetic bleating of the sheep at shearing-time may be supposed to fall on the unsympathetic ears of the wool - dealer's agent who superintends the operation, and who is responsible for the delivery of the full amount of wool contracted for. If his Excellency happens to be a man of a philosophical turn of mind, who likes to bring his conduct into harmony with abstract principles - or, rather to bring abstract principles into harmony with his conduct - he may plausibly adduce the raison. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.