Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 1H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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... bear us . It is on this same basis that physical science pursues , with ever - increasing success , its quest of laws of nature . Nor need this restriction hamper the scientific study of human life , in which the real difficulties are ...
... bear us . It is on this same basis that physical science pursues , with ever - increasing success , its quest of laws of nature . Nor need this restriction hamper the scientific study of human life , in which the real difficulties are ...
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... for the distinct way in which they severally denote the condition of the tribe they belong to , will actually bear comparison with the statistician's returns . The fact is that a stone arrow THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE . 11.
... for the distinct way in which they severally denote the condition of the tribe they belong to , will actually bear comparison with the statistician's returns . The fact is that a stone arrow THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE . 11.
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... bear to others , it is plain that the student of the habits of mankind has a great advantage over the student of the species of plants and animals . Among naturalists it is an open question whether a theory of development from species ...
... bear to others , it is plain that the student of the habits of mankind has a great advantage over the student of the species of plants and animals . Among naturalists it is an open question whether a theory of development from species ...
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... bear being turned round and made to follow in reversed order . Such for instance are the facts I have here brought forward in a chapter on the Art of Counting , which tend to prove that as to this point of culture at least , savage ...
... bear being turned round and made to follow in reversed order . Such for instance are the facts I have here brought forward in a chapter on the Art of Counting , which tend to prove that as to this point of culture at least , savage ...
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... bear extension to culture at large . To expect to look modern life in the face and com- prehend it by mere inspection , is a philosophy whose weak- ness can easily be tested . Imagine any one explaining the trivial saying , " a little ...
... bear extension to culture at large . To expect to look modern life in the face and com- prehend it by mere inspection , is a philosophy whose weak- ness can easily be tested . Imagine any one explaining the trivial saying , " a little ...
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