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... instances of an already established rule . Should it seem to any readers that my attempt to reach this limit sometimes leads to the heaping up of too cumbrous detail , I would point out that the theoretical novelty as well as the ...
... instances of an already established rule . Should it seem to any readers that my attempt to reach this limit sometimes leads to the heaping up of too cumbrous detail , I would point out that the theoretical novelty as well as the ...
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... instance the edged and pointed instruments in such a collection ; the inventory includes hatchet , adze , chisel , knife , saw , scraper , awl , needle , spear and arrow - head , and of these most or all belong with only differences of ...
... instance the edged and pointed instruments in such a collection ; the inventory includes hatchet , adze , chisel , knife , saw , scraper , awl , needle , spear and arrow - head , and of these most or all belong with only differences of ...
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... 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 tribes reached their position by learning and not by unlearning , by ...
... 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 tribes reached their position by learning and not by unlearning , by ...
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... civilization . As one conspicuous instance of what all history stands to prove , if we study the early ages of Christianity , we may see men with minds pervaded by the new religion of duty , holiness , 28 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE .
... civilization . As one conspicuous instance of what all history stands to prove , if we study the early ages of Christianity , we may see men with minds pervaded by the new religion of duty , holiness , 28 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE .
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... life , it is not , indeed , uncom- mon to find details of admirable moral and social excellence . To take one prominent instance , Lieut . Bruijn Kops and Mr. Wallace have described , among the rude Papuans of RISE AND DECLINE .. 29.
... life , it is not , indeed , uncom- mon to find details of admirable moral and social excellence . To take one prominent instance , Lieut . Bruijn Kops and Mr. Wallace have described , among the rude Papuans of RISE AND DECLINE .. 29.
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