Contributions to the History of the Development of the Human Race: Lectures and DissertationsTrübner & Company, 1880 - 156 страници |
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... show that we have in them the work of many individual singers , who composed short detached pieces and recited them to the cithern , as the singers mentioned in Homer himself were wont to do . No pro- doubt he had not yet found the ...
... show that we have in them the work of many individual singers , who composed short detached pieces and recited them to the cithern , as the singers mentioned in Homer himself were wont to do . No pro- doubt he had not yet found the ...
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... shows traces of having done so . The curiosity raised by what we have never before seen , the desire and craving of lifting the veil from the realms of the past , and of catching a glimpse , at least , of what has for ever perished ...
... shows traces of having done so . The curiosity raised by what we have never before seen , the desire and craving of lifting the veil from the realms of the past , and of catching a glimpse , at least , of what has for ever perished ...
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... shows a strong contrast . If we regard his moral condition , we must not , in look- ing at prehistoric times , ask merely whether man has since improved , whether the passions have softened down and crimes diminished . We find , on the ...
... shows a strong contrast . If we regard his moral condition , we must not , in look- ing at prehistoric times , ask merely whether man has since improved , whether the passions have softened down and crimes diminished . We find , on the ...
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... shows the difference between nine and ten . A child that cannot count will not perceive that of ten cherries one or two have secretly been taken away . For larger numbers counting is absolutely requisite ; without it no one will be able ...
... shows the difference between nine and ten . A child that cannot count will not perceive that of ten cherries one or two have secretly been taken away . For larger numbers counting is absolutely requisite ; without it no one will be able ...
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... itself teaches it . How different are Germans and Hindoos ! How much does the German language differ from the Sanskrit ! Only science recognises their identity , and shows that what is 28 LANGUAGE AND ITS IMPORTANCE .
... itself teaches it . How different are Germans and Hindoos ! How much does the German language differ from the Sanskrit ! Only science recognises their identity , and shows that what is 28 LANGUAGE AND ITS IMPORTANCE .
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