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... Africa young men never appear before old ones without curtseying nor pass them by without stooping ; should they sit in their presence , it is ' at a humble distance . ' Nor are cases of the abandonment of the aged and infirm conclusive ...
... Africa young men never appear before old ones without curtseying nor pass them by without stooping ; should they sit in their presence , it is ' at a humble distance . ' Nor are cases of the abandonment of the aged and infirm conclusive ...
Page xvi
... Africa , whose ' cannibalism is the most pronounced of all the known nations of Africa , ' have , ' without any influence from the Mahometan or Christian world , attained to no contemptible degree of external cul- ture . ' Finow , the ...
... Africa , whose ' cannibalism is the most pronounced of all the known nations of Africa , ' have , ' without any influence from the Mahometan or Christian world , attained to no contemptible degree of external cul- ture . ' Finow , the ...
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... form of faith . The African Bakwains declared that nothing described by the missionaries as sin had ever appeared to them otherwise , except polygamy ; and the Tongan chiefs ( if Mariner may be trusted ) a 2 INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... form of faith . The African Bakwains declared that nothing described by the missionaries as sin had ever appeared to them otherwise , except polygamy ; and the Tongan chiefs ( if Mariner may be trusted ) a 2 INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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... Africa are still , and can conceive the cycle of events restoring it to barbarism , so in the depths of time it may have happened in places where no suspicion of such a history is possible . As the surface of the earth seems subjected ...
... Africa are still , and can conceive the cycle of events restoring it to barbarism , so in the depths of time it may have happened in places where no suspicion of such a history is possible . As the surface of the earth seems subjected ...
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... gods — Relation of sacrifice to prayer - Tendency of sacrifices to become more numerous and severe - Pantomimic dances possibly acted petitions - The African gorilla - dance , the Mandan buffalo - dance , the Sioux bear - dance ,
... gods — Relation of sacrifice to prayer - Tendency of sacrifices to become more numerous and severe - Pantomimic dances possibly acted petitions - The African gorilla - dance , the Mandan buffalo - dance , the Sioux bear - dance ,
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