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They then all descended, and roved with wonder through the labyrinth of Subterraneous passages, where the bodies were laid in rows on either side.
CHAP. XLVII.
Imlac discourses on the nature of
the soul.
"WHAT reason, said the prince, can be given, why the Egyptians should thus expensively preserve those carcasses which some nations consume with fire, others lay to mingle with the earth, and all agree to remove from their sight, as soon as decent rites can be performed?"
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