The Egyptian Conception of Immortality

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Egyptian Conception of Immortality , by George Andrew ReisnerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Egyptian Conception of ImmortalityAuthor: George Andrew ReisnerRelease Date: May 4, 2004 [eBook #12255]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE EGYPTIAN CONCEPTION OF IMMORTALITY ***E-text prepared by Aaron G. WellsFormatting notes: Footnotes are in [square brackets] and embedded in the e-text at the location of the superscriptnumber in the original text. Words and phrases in italics are surrounded with underlines. Everything that appears in all-caps in this e-text was in all-caps in the original text.THE EGYPTIAN CONCEPTION OF IMMORTALITYThe Ingersoll Lecture, 1911byGEORGE ANDREW REISNERTHE INGERSOLL LECTURESHIPExtract from the will of Miss Caroline Haskell Ingersoll, who died in Keene, County of Cheshire, New Hampshire, Jan. 26,1893.First. In carrying out the wishes of my late beloved father, George Goldthwait Ingersoll, as declared by him in his last willand testament, I give and bequeath to Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., where my late father was graduated, andwhich he always held in love and honor, the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5,000) as a fund for the establishment ...