Asiatic Mysteries of Ephesus, Gilgamesh and Eabani
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We could trace this course of events by reference to many different examples. To-day we will follow one thread, the same that I touched upon thirteen years ago, when I spoke of that historic document[^2] which represents the most ancient phase of the evolution we have now to consider,—I mean, the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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