Quote by Henry David Thoreau
As for the pyramids, there is nothing to wonder at in them so much as the fact that so many men could be found degraded enough to spend their lives constructing a tomb for some ambitious booby, whom it would have been wiser and manlier to have drowned in the Nile, and then given his body to the dogs.
Summary
This quote criticizes the construction of the pyramids, questioning why so many individuals would devote their lives to building a grand tomb for an unworthy ruler, suggesting it would have been more sensible and courageous to dispose of such a leader and offer their remains to animals. It implies that the labor and effort put into constructing the pyramids could have been better utilized for a more meaningful cause or individual. The quote challenges the significance and rationality behind the creation of such monumental structures.
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