Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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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 DISTRIBUTION AND DIFFUSION . 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 DISTRIBUTION AND DIFFUSION . 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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Abipones Africa ages Amazulu ancient animals animistic appears Archæology Archip Aryan Asien barbaric Bastian beasts belief belong body called century Charlevoix Chinook Jargon civilization connexion creatures culture custom Dayaks dead death described divination doctrine dreams early earth English European evidence express fact fancy father Fiji fingers funeral ghost Greek Grimm hand heaven Hine-nui-te-po Hist human hyæna idea imitative Indian interjectional Islands Journ Karens Khonds language legend living lower races Malay man's mankind Maui Max Müller meaning mediæval Mensch mind modern Moon myth mythic mythology nations native nature nature-myth night numerals Oestl Ojibwa origin philosophy Plin primitive Quichua quinary relation religion remarkable rite rude Sanskrit savage tribes Schoolcraft seems sneeze soul sound spirit stone story survival theory things thought tion Tonga traced Veddas verb vigesimal vowels Waitz words Wuttke Yoruba Zealand Zulu