Excerpt from Travels in the East: Including a Visit to Egypt and the Holy Land
Legendary lore and the pious faith of men have alike placed the cradle of humanity in the distant East. The migrations of the great families of mankind have all, as a matter of fact, had their origin in the East; and the mightiest religions,simi1ar at least in their being and their birth, have all sprung from the land of the rising.
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