Pearls from Many Seas
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Release : 1900
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Release : 1900
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Author : James Baird McClure
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Release : 1898
Category : Homiletical illustrations
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Page : 528 pages
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Release : 1908
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Release : 1910
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Release : 1900
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Author : B. McClure
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Release : 2014-03
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ISBN : 9781494182175
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1899 Edition.
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Release : 1943
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Release : 1800
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Release : 1902
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Author : William John Dakin
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Release : 2013-09
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I THE HISTORY OF PEARLS The use of pearls as jewels and their recognition as objects of value date back into the far beyond when the histories of ancient peoples were transcribed upon papyrus. It is very likely that pearls were amongst the earliest gems known to man, and this is not surprising when one considers that the earliest dwellers by the sea probably fed upon the shellfish which produce such objects. The modern recognition of the pearl dates back to about 300 B.c. and was due, no doubt, to the mad desire of the Romans for luxury and treasure; but although pearls seem to have played a less conspicuous part in Ancient Greece and Egypt, they were known to yet older peoples, and especially to those of the East. The Old Testament only refers to pearls once, in the book of Job (chap, xxviii), where it is written, "No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; for the price of wisdom is above rubies." None of the terms, however, refer with any certainty to the objects now known by such names. The names of gems in the scriptures have probably arisen during the many translations and rewritings of the books. In the New Testament, on the other hand, constant reference is made to pearls. There are, however, traditions which refer to the ancient Hebrews having knowledge of the true value of the gem. In the Indian Seas pearls were known many centuries before Christ Perhaps first collected as mere curiosities or as objects of some superstitious regard, they gradually became articles of greater and greater value, and the proud possessions of the Princes of the East. References occur in the literature of India which are of considerable antiquity. Pearls are mentioned in the books of the Brahmans (about 500 B.c.) and are associated in...