Contributions to the History of the Development of the Human Race: Lectures and DissertationsTrübner & Company, 1880 - 156 страници |
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... momentous effects which were produced by a trifling and accidental observation , by the chance possession of a bow provided with a vibrating sinew . In order to recognise how much we are ourselves still 42 EARLIEST HISTORY.
... momentous effects which were produced by a trifling and accidental observation , by the chance possession of a bow provided with a vibrating sinew . In order to recognise how much we are ourselves still 42 EARLIEST HISTORY.
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... observing the use of the word pakva in the Veda hymns we shall not be able to find in it a reference to cooking or ripening either ; it there obviously means only " sweet or " eatable . " The fact is , it is used not only of grain , of ...
... observing the use of the word pakva in the Veda hymns we shall not be able to find in it a reference to cooking or ripening either ; it there obviously means only " sweet or " eatable . " The fact is , it is used not only of grain , of ...
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... observe here that language shows no period when man did not eat meat ; on the contrary , it seems to have been his earliest food . At the same time there is nothing to show that it was from the first prepared in any way ; it was ...
... observe here that language shows no period when man did not eat meat ; on the contrary , it seems to have been his earliest food . At the same time there is nothing to show that it was from the first prepared in any way ; it was ...
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... observation applies , the idea of chance must here be excluded . Let me first mention the wonderful , youthfully fresh hymns of the Rigveda , the discovery of which amidst the mass of Indian literature seems destined to become as im ...
... observation applies , the idea of chance must here be excluded . Let me first mention the wonderful , youthfully fresh hymns of the Rigveda , the discovery of which amidst the mass of Indian literature seems destined to become as im ...
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... observation may be made of the Zendavesta , the books of the Par- sees , to whom , as is well known , light and fire , both the terrestrial and heavenly , are most sacred , and of whom one may expect an attention to the thousand - fold ...
... observation may be made of the Zendavesta , the books of the Par- sees , to whom , as is well known , light and fire , both the terrestrial and heavenly , are most sacred , and of whom one may expect an attention to the thousand - fold ...
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