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Page vii
... once in England and America . The matter , however , remains substantially the same . A few passages have been amplified or altered for greater clearness , and on some points additional or improved evidence has been put in . Among the ...
... once in England and America . The matter , however , remains substantially the same . A few passages have been amplified or altered for greater clearness , and on some points additional or improved evidence has been put in . Among the ...
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... once display that similarity and consistency of phenomena which led the Italian proverb - maker to declare that all the world is one country , ' ' tutto il mondo è paese . ' To general likeness in human nature on the one hand , and to ...
... once display that similarity and consistency of phenomena which led the Italian proverb - maker to declare that all the world is one country , ' ' tutto il mondo è paese . ' To general likeness in human nature on the one hand , and to ...
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... once to override a problem which would complicate the argument , namely , the question of race . For the present purpose it appears both possible and desirable to eliminate considerations of hereditary varieties or races of man , and to ...
... once to override a problem which would complicate the argument , namely , the question of race . For the present purpose it appears both possible and desirable to eliminate considerations of hereditary varieties or races of man , and to ...
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... causes have produced both at once . In district after district , the same causes which have introduced the cultivated plants and domesti- cated animals of civilization , have brought in with them 8 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
... causes have produced both at once . In district after district , the same causes which have introduced the cultivated plants and domesti- cated animals of civilization , have brought in with them 8 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
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... average . It is this state of things which makes it so far possible to represent immense masses of details by a few typical facts , while , these once settled , new cases recorded by new observers simply 10 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
... average . It is this state of things which makes it so far possible to represent immense masses of details by a few typical facts , while , these once settled , new cases recorded by new observers simply 10 THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE .
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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