In spite of his eloquence, the grand steward remains unmoved. The peasant appeals to the gods of Justice; and in the ninth address he threatens to make his plea to the god Anubis, who is the god of the dead--meaning thereby that he will commit suicide. None of the extant papyri informs us as to the outcome of the whole proceedings. Prayers Without Answer (_From The Iliad_) BY HOMER (Greek epic poet, B.C. 700?) Prayers are Jove's daughters of celestial race, Lame are their feet, and wrinkled is their face; With homely mien and with dejected eyes, Constant they follow where injustice flies. Injustice, suave, erect, and unconfined, Sweeps the wide earth, and tramples o'er mankind-- While prayers to heal her wrongs move slow behind. The Suffering of Women BY HERBERT SPENCER (English philosopher, 1820-1903) In the history of humanity as written, the saddest part concerns the treatment of women; and had we before us its unwritten history we should find this part still sadder. I say the saddest part because there have been many things more conspicuously dreadful--cannibalism, the torturing of prisoners, the sacrifice of victims to ghosts and gods--these have been but occasionally; whereas the brutal treatment of woman has been universal and constant. If looking first at their state of subjection among the semi-civilized we pass to the uncivilized, and observe the lives of hardship borne by nearly all of them; if we then think what must have gone on among those still ruder peoples who, for so many thousands of years roamed over the uncultivated earth; we shall infer that the amount of suffering which has been and is borne by women is utterly beyond imagination. Divorce in Ancient Babylon (_From the Code of Hammurabi_) (B.C. 2250) Anu and Baal called me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, the worshipper of the gods, to cause justice to prevail in the land, to destroy the wicked and evil, to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak, to enlighten the land and to further the welfare of the people. Hammurabi, the governor named by Baal am I, who brought about plenty and abundance. § 142: If a woman shall hate her husband and say: "Thou shalt not have me," they shall inquire into her antecedents for her defects.... If she have not been a careful mistress, have gadded about, have neglected her house and have belittled her husband, they shall throw that woman into the water. The Parable of the Hungry Dog (_From the Gospel of Buddha_) (Hindu Bible, B.C. 600)