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... interest and inevitably of some dispute . For the reason that in savagery as in civi- lisation there are heights and depths , with more of light here , more of darkness there , it is quite impos- sible to bring the whole of savage life ...
... interest and inevitably of some dispute . For the reason that in savagery as in civi- lisation there are heights and depths , with more of light here , more of darkness there , it is quite impos- sible to bring the whole of savage life ...
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... interest which cling to them in their native home as soon as it is sought to transplant them elsewhere , just as flowers lose their fragrance and beauty when once they have been separated from the plant on which they grew . For this ...
... interest which cling to them in their native home as soon as it is sought to transplant them elsewhere , just as flowers lose their fragrance and beauty when once they have been separated from the plant on which they grew . For this ...
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... interest which those works have produced for the studies in question , and of which the present work is but a sign and consequence . The reader has only himself to blame , if , having read the works on the same or similar subjects by Mr ...
... interest which those works have produced for the studies in question , and of which the present work is but a sign and consequence . The reader has only himself to blame , if , having read the works on the same or similar subjects by Mr ...
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... interest and sympathy , of those outcasts of the world whom we designate as savage , something at least will have been done to claim for them a kind- lier treatment and respect than in popular estimation they either deserve or obtain ...
... interest and sympathy , of those outcasts of the world whom we designate as savage , something at least will have been done to claim for them a kind- lier treatment and respect than in popular estimation they either deserve or obtain ...
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... interests ? —Baptismal rites equivalent to prayers - Prayers in the form of toasts -- The worship of evil spirits - Doubtful distinc- tion between good and bad divinities among savages - Treatment of obdurate gods — Relation of ...
... interests ? —Baptismal rites equivalent to prayers - Prayers in the form of toasts -- The worship of evil spirits - Doubtful distinc- tion between good and bad divinities among savages - Treatment of obdurate gods — Relation of ...
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