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Passing from these metaphysical doctrines of civilized theology , we now take up
a series of beliefs higher in practical moment , and more clearly conceived in
savage thought . There may well have been , and there may still be , low races ...
Passing from these metaphysical doctrines of civilized theology , we now take up
a series of beliefs higher in practical moment , and more clearly conceived in
savage thought . There may well have been , and there may still be , low races ...
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In savage as in civilized life , dull and careless natures ignore a world to come as
too far off , while sceptical intellects are apt to reject its belief as wanting proof , or
perhaps at most without closer scrutiny to prize its hope as a good influence in ...
In savage as in civilized life , dull and careless natures ignore a world to come as
too far off , while sceptical intellects are apt to reject its belief as wanting proof , or
perhaps at most without closer scrutiny to prize its hope as a good influence in ...
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It is principally the ethereal surviving soul of early culture that has now to be
studied in the religions of savages and ... Plain experience is there to teach it to
every savage ; his friend or his enemy is dead , yet still in dream or open vision
he ...
It is principally the ethereal surviving soul of early culture that has now to be
studied in the religions of savages and ... Plain experience is there to teach it to
every savage ; his friend or his enemy is dead , yet still in dream or open vision
he ...
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living is indeed rooted in the lowest levels of savage culture , extends through
barbaric life almost without a break , and survives largely and deeply in the midst
of civilization . From the myriad details of travellers , mis sionaries , historians ...
living is indeed rooted in the lowest levels of savage culture , extends through
barbaric life almost without a break , and survives largely and deeply in the midst
of civilization . From the myriad details of travellers , mis sionaries , historians ...
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All Souls ' Day kecps up , within the limits of Christendom , a commemoration of
the dead which combines some touches of pathetic imagination with relics of
savage animism scarcely to be surpassed in Africa or the South Sea Islands . In
Italy ...
All Souls ' Day kecps up , within the limits of Christendom , a commemoration of
the dead which combines some touches of pathetic imagination with relics of
savage animism scarcely to be surpassed in Africa or the South Sea Islands . In
Italy ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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