From The Culture of Ancient Egypt, by John A. Wilson, p. 124:
"It would be pleasant if we could say that Egypt, having discovered the inherent value of the individual man, went on to give the concept greater validity and more effective force within the state. We cannot do so...When, under the national perils of the Second Intermediate Period and the aggressive nationalism of the Empire, the disciplined unity of the state became more important than the rights and opportunities of individuals, the concept of equality and social justice was finally swallowed up. This is the story of a people who once caught a clear but distant view of the Promised Land, but who ended up wandering in the Wilderness."
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From The Culture of Ancient Egypt, by John A. Wilson, p. 124:
"It would be pleasant if we could say that Egypt, having discovered the inherent value of the individual man, went on to give the concept greater validity and more effective force within the state. We cannot do so...When, under the national perils of the Second Intermediate Period and the aggressive nationalism of the Empire, the disciplined unity of the state became more important than the rights and opportunities of individuals, the concept of equality and social justice was finally swallowed up. This is the story of a people who once caught a clear but distant view of the Promised Land, but who ended up wandering in the Wilderness."