Lord Edward Cecil : The Leisure of an Egyptian official

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Eräs kuvaus: "Lord Edward Cecil himself gave eighteen years to the service of the Egyptian people. They were brought out of squalor & oppression to prosperity & justice, by him & others like him., who wholeheartedly gave their lives & the best that was in them to the work of regenerating Egypt. The gaiety of the sketches & the fun they portray conceal the ardent effort& intense power of work which they barely mention. He was not trying to describe work but play. The play was rare & the work constant, but, being English, he wrote only of what he cared least about, & the subjects chosen were those of an entertained mind often wearied with the fret of difficult work, a mind, however, that no fatigue could deflect from reality"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Edward_Cecil