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... turning by itself without or against its weights . This view of an anomalous action of the will , which it need hardly be said is incompatible with scientific argument , subsists as an opinion patent or latent in men's minds , and ...
... turning by itself without or against its weights . This view of an anomalous action of the will , which it need hardly be said is incompatible with scientific argument , subsists as an opinion patent or latent in men's minds , and ...
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... turns out wrong , either his evidence must have been false or incomplete , or his judgment upon it unsound . Such a one will sum up the experience of years spent in complex relations with society , by declaring his persuasion that there ...
... turns out wrong , either his evidence must have been false or incomplete , or his judgment upon it unsound . Such a one will sum up the experience of years spent in complex relations with society , by declaring his persuasion that there ...
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... , eclipse - myths , earthquake - myths , local myths which account for the names of places by some fanciful tale , eponymic myths which account for the parentage of a tribe by turning its name CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE . 7.
... , eclipse - myths , earthquake - myths , local myths which account for the names of places by some fanciful tale , eponymic myths which account for the parentage of a tribe by turning its name CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE . 7.
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... turning its name into the name of an imaginary ancestor ; under rites and ceremonies occur such practices as the various kinds of sacrifice to the ghosts of the dead and to other spiritual beings , the turning to the east in worship ...
... turning its name into the name of an imaginary ancestor ; under rites and ceremonies occur such practices as the various kinds of sacrifice to the ghosts of the dead and to other spiritual beings , the turning to the east in worship ...
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... turn from the distribution of culture in different countries , to its diffusion within these countries . The quality of mankind which tends most to make the syste- matic study of civilization possible , is that remarkable tacit ...
... turn from the distribution of culture in different countries , to its diffusion within these countries . The quality of mankind which tends most to make the syste- matic study of civilization possible , is that remarkable tacit ...
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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