Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... give evidence that is good and definite so far as it goes . They are data which , 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 ...
... give evidence that is good and definite so far as it goes . They are data which , 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 ...
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... give their minds to master the general principles of savage religion will ever again think it ridiculous , or the knowledge of it superfluous to the rest of mankind . Far from its beliefs and practices being 22 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
... give their minds to master the general principles of savage religion will ever again think it ridiculous , or the knowledge of it superfluous to the rest of mankind . Far from its beliefs and practices being 22 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
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... give poison secretly and effectually , to have raised a corrupt literature to pestilent perfection , to have organized a successful scheme to arrest free enquiry and proscribe free expression , are works of knowledge and skill whose ...
... give poison secretly and effectually , to have raised a corrupt literature to pestilent perfection , to have organized a successful scheme to arrest free enquiry and proscribe free expression , are works of knowledge and skill whose ...
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... gives evidence which bears closely on the matter . Moreover , we are in various ways enabled to study the lower ... give as to the degradation of men from a civilized condition towards that of savagery ? In our great cities , the so ...
... gives evidence which bears closely on the matter . Moreover , we are in various ways enabled to study the lower ... give as to the degradation of men from a civilized condition towards that of savagery ? In our great cities , the so ...
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... give more distinct evidence of degradation . In connexion with this state of things takes place the nearest known approach to an independent dege- neration from a civilized to a savage state . This happens in mixed races , whose ...
... give more distinct evidence of degradation . In connexion with this state of things takes place the nearest known approach to an independent dege- neration from a civilized to a savage state . This happens in mixed races , whose ...
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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