o those of the soul in favour of life,
for he saw beyond death the "there" which the soul apparently had not
sufficiently considered. The value of the discussion between the man and
his soul was great in the opinion of the ancient Egyptian because it
showed, with almost logical emphasis, that the incomprehensible things
of "here" would be made clear "there."

[Footnote 1: _i.e._ sitting on a seat in a tavern built on the river
bank.]

[Footnote 2: Compare,
"There the tears of earth are dried;
There its hidden things are clear;
There the work of life is tried
By a juster judge than here."
--_Hymns Ancient and Modern_, No. 401.]

The man who was tired of life did not stand alone in his discontent with
the surroundings in which he lived, and with his fellow-man, for from a
board inscribed in hieratic in the British Museum (No. 5645) we find
that a priest of Heliopolis called Khakhepersenb, who was surnamed
Ankhu, shared his discontent, and was filled with disgust at the
widespread corruption and decadence of all classes of society that were
everywhere in the land. In the introduction to this description of
society as he saw it, he says that he wishes he possessed new language
in which to express himself, and that he could find phrases that were
not trite in which to utter his experience. He says that men of one
generation are very much like those of another, and have all done and
said the same kind of things. He wishes to unburden his mind, and to
remove his moral sickness by stating what he has to say in words that
have not before been used. He then goes on to say, "I ponder on the
things that have taken place, and the events that have occurred
throughout the land. Things have happened, and they are different from
those of last year. Each year is more wearisome than the last. The whole
country is disturbed and is going to destruction. Justice (or right) is
thrust out, injustice (or sin) is in the council hall, the plans of the
gods are upset, and their behests are set aside. The country is in a
miserable state, grief is in every place, and both towns and provinces
lament. Every one is suffering through wrong-doing. All respect of
persons is banished. The lords of quiet are set in commotion. When
daylight cometh each day [every] face turneth away from the sight of
what hath happened [during the night].... I ponder on the th