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Page vii
... theory of development or evolution , mention should scarcely have been made of Mr. Darwin and Mr. Herbert Spencer , whose influence on the whole course of modern thought on such subjects should not be left without formal recognition ...
... theory of development or evolution , mention should scarcely have been made of Mr. Darwin and Mr. Herbert Spencer , whose influence on the whole course of modern thought on such subjects should not be left without formal recognition ...
Page ix
... theory - Degeneration- theory - Development - theory includes both , the one as primary , the other as secondary - Historical and traditional evidence not available as to low stages of culture - Historical evidence as to principles of ...
... theory - Degeneration- theory - Development - theory includes both , the one as primary , the other as secondary - Historical and traditional evidence not available as to low stages of culture - Historical evidence as to principles of ...
Page xii
... theory of exit of dreamer's or seer's own soul ; theory of visits received by them from other souls - Ghost - Soul seen in Apparitions - Wraiths and Doubles -Soul has form of Body ; suffers mutilation with it - Voice of Ghost - Soul ...
... theory of exit of dreamer's or seer's own soul ; theory of visits received by them from other souls - Ghost - Soul seen in Apparitions - Wraiths and Doubles -Soul has form of Body ; suffers mutilation with it - Voice of Ghost - Soul ...
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... theory of the course of events . The philosophy of history at large , explaining the past and predicting the future phe- nomena of man's life in the world by reference to general laws , is in fact a subject with which , in the present ...
... theory of the course of events . The philosophy of history at large , explaining the past and predicting the future phe- nomena of man's life in the world by reference to general laws , is in fact a subject with which , in the present ...
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... theory of development from species to species is a record of transi- tions which actually took place , or a mere ideal scheme serviceable in the classification of species whose origin was really independent . But among ethnographers ...
... theory of development from species to species is a record of transi- tions which actually took place , or a mere ideal scheme serviceable in the classification of species whose origin was really independent . But among ethnographers ...
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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