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...the superfluous lumber, rejecting all the ideograms, the homophones, the polyphones, the syllabics, and the symbolic signs to which the Egyptian scribes...virtually in possession for almost countless ages. But this great achievement, simple and easy as it seems, was beyond the power of Egyptian conservatism...

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...in the tangled wilderness of the hieroglyphic writing the letters of the alphabet lay concealed. All that remained to be done was to take one simple step...virtually in possession for almost countless ages. But this great achievement, simple and easy as it seems, was beyond the power of Egyptian conservatism...

...the superfluous lumber, rejecting all the ideograms, the homophones, the polyphones, the syllabies, and the symbolic signs to which the Egyptian scribes...virtually in possession for almost countless ages. But this great achievement, simple and easy as it seems, was beyond the power of Egyptian conservatism...

...All that remained to be done was to take one simple step — boldly to discard all the non.ilphabetic elements, at once to sweep away the superfluous lumber,...virtually in possession for almost countless ages. But this greiit achievement, simple and easy as it seems, was beyond the power of Egyptian conservatism...