Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... seen in Apparitions - Wraiths and Doubles -Soul has form of Body ; suffers mutilation with it - Voice of Ghost - Soul treated and defined as of Material Substance ; this appears to be the original doctrine - Transmission of Souls to ...
... seen in Apparitions - Wraiths and Doubles -Soul has form of Body ; suffers mutilation with it - Voice of Ghost - Soul treated and defined as of Material Substance ; this appears to be the original doctrine - Transmission of Souls to ...
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... seen her throw her shuttle from hand to hand in true classic fashion ; this old woman is not a century behind her times , but she is a case of survival . Such examples often lead us back to the habits of hundreds and even thousands of ...
... seen her throw her shuttle from hand to hand in true classic fashion ; this old woman is not a century behind her times , but she is a case of survival . Such examples often lead us back to the habits of hundreds and even thousands of ...
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... seen the intermediate stages through which they came down from the more serviceable wide collars , such as Milton wears in his portrait , and which gave their name to the ' band - box ' they used to be kept in . In fact , the books of ...
... seen the intermediate stages through which they came down from the more serviceable wide collars , such as Milton wears in his portrait , and which gave their name to the ' band - box ' they used to be kept in . In fact , the books of ...
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... seen by a glance at the relation which theoretical principles of civilization bear to the transitions to be observed as matter of fact between the extremes of savage and cultured life . From an ideal point of view , civilization may be ...
... seen by a glance at the relation which theoretical principles of civilization bear to the transitions to be observed as matter of fact between the extremes of savage and cultured life . From an ideal point of view , civilization may be ...
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... seen to progress together , it is obvious that they are far from advancing with equal steps . It may be taken as man's rule of duty in the world , that he shall strive to know as well as he can find out , and to do as well as he knows ...
... seen to progress together , it is obvious that they are far from advancing with equal steps . It may be taken as man's rule of duty in the world , that he shall strive to know as well as he can find out , and to do as well as he knows ...
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