A WORK OF RECLAMATION AND RESTITUTION IN TWELVE BOOKS Vol. I and 2.
It may have been a million years ago The Light was kindled in the
Old Dark Land With which the illumined Scrolls are all aglow, That
Egypt gave us her mummied hand: This was the secret of that subtle
smile Inscrutable upon the Sphinx's face, Now told from sea to sea,
from isle to isle; The revelation of the Old Dark Race; Theirs was
the wisdom of the Bee and Bird, Ant, Tortoise, Beaver, working
human-wise; The ancient darkness spake with Egypt's Word; Hers was
the primal message of the skies: The Heavens are telling nightly of
her glory, And for all time Earth echoes her great story. I have
written other books, but this I look upon as the exceptional labour
which has made my life worth living. Comparatively speaking, 'A
Book of the Beginnings' (London, 1881) was written in the dark,
'The Natural Genesis' (London, 1883) was written in the twilight,
whereas 'Ancient Egypt' has been written in the light of day. The
earlier books were met in England with the truly orthodox
conspiracy of silence. Nevertheless, four thousand volumes have got
into circulation somewhere or other up and down the reading world,
where they are slowly working in their unacknowledged way. Probably
the present book will be appraised at home in proportion as it
comes back piecemeal from abroad, from Germany, or France, or maybe
from the country of the Rising Sun. To all lovers of the truth the
writer now commends the verifiable truths that wait for recognition
in these pages. Truth is all-potent with its silent power If only
whispered, never heard aloud, But working secretly, almost unseen,
Save in some excommunicated book; 'Tis as the lightning with its
errand done Before you hear the thunder. For myself, it is enough
to know that in despite of many hindrances from straitened
circumstances, chronic ailments, and the deepening shadows of
encroaching age, my book is printed, and the subject-matter that I
cared for most is now entrusted safely to the keeping of John
Gutenberg, on this my nine-and-seventieth birthday. GERALD MASSEY
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