The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of Its Rise and Progress in 1854-1856 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of Its Rise and Progress in 1854-1856 Three years ago, after my mission to Rome as Envoy Extraordinary, I asked for and Obtained leave from my Office as Minister Plenipotentiary. Since 1849 I have studied incessantly, under all its aspects, a question which was already in my mind when we first became friends in Egypt twenty years ago. I confess that my scheme is still a mere dream, and I do not shut my eyes to the fact that so long as I alone believe it to be possible, it is virtually impossible. To make the public take it up it requires a support still wanting to it, and I ask for your assistance with a view to obtaining that support. The scheme in question is the cutting of a canal through the Isthmus of Suez. This has been thought of from the earliest historical times, and for that very reason is looked upon as impracticable. Geographical dictionaries inform us indeed that the project would have been executed long ago but for insurmountable obstacles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.