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" Palestine andE^ypt, you might as well dispute the efficacy of grass or grain as of magic. There is no controversy about the matter. The effect of this, the unanimous belief of an ignorant people, upon the mind of a stranger, is extremely curious, and... "
Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite
by Robert D. Kaplan - 1995 - 368 pages
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 89

American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
.... How different is the intellectual regime of Eastern countries ! In Syria and Palestine andE^ypt, you might as well dispute the efficacy of grass or...extremely curious, and well worth noticing. A man coming fresh from Europe is at first proof against the nonsense with which he is assailed, but often it happens...
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Victoria Magazine, Volume 6

1865 - 590 pages
...different is the intellectual rlgimc of Eastern countries ! In Syria and Palestine and Egypt, you might ať well dispute the efficacy of grass or grain as of...extremely curious, and well worth noticing. A man coming fresh from Europe is at first proof against the nonsense with which he is assailed, but often it happens...
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Economic Crises

Edward David Jones - Business cycles - 1900 - 268 pages
...opinion has over the stoutest doubter. He refers to the effect upon Europeans of the Eastern belief in magic. " There is no controversy about the matter....at first proof against the nonsense with which he a assailed; but often it happens that after a little while the social atmosphere of Asia will begin...
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Eothen

Alexander William Kinglake - Middle East - 1904 - 432 pages
...the Leader of the House of Commons. How different is the. intellectual regime of Eastern countries ! In Syria, and Palestine, and Egypt, you might as well...controversy about the matter. The effect of this, the unanimous/belief of an ignorant people, upon the mind of a stranger, is extremely curious, and well...
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