The Natural History of Society in the Barbarous and Civilized State: An Essay Towards Discovering the Origin and Course of Human Improvement, Том 1D. Appleton & Company, 1841 - 332 стор. |
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... once be esteemed a glory , is now regarded as a disgrace . In fact , a progressive advance is manifest , to which imagination can scarcely assign limits . A second race appears to have set bounds to itself ; the evidences of former ...
... once be esteemed a glory , is now regarded as a disgrace . In fact , a progressive advance is manifest , to which imagination can scarcely assign limits . A second race appears to have set bounds to itself ; the evidences of former ...
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... once occurred ; * " thus there are gen- erally more albinos than one in the same family . " Among the animals which exhibit varieties perfectly analogous to those of the human albinos , this tendency is very remark- able , particularly ...
... once occurred ; * " thus there are gen- erally more albinos than one in the same family . " Among the animals which exhibit varieties perfectly analogous to those of the human albinos , this tendency is very remark- able , particularly ...
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... once symbolizing their colour , their arrival by water , and the effects which their fire - arms had produced on the Americans . This , however , is a far more comprehensive symbol than any other which we find among the American Indians ...
... once symbolizing their colour , their arrival by water , and the effects which their fire - arms had produced on the Americans . This , however , is a far more comprehensive symbol than any other which we find among the American Indians ...
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... very clumsy , uncer- tain , and cumbrous ; however we may admire its ingenuity , we must at once see its utter inapplicability to any great historical work , and still more to any philosophical or OF BARBARISM AND CIVILIZATION . 43.
... very clumsy , uncer- tain , and cumbrous ; however we may admire its ingenuity , we must at once see its utter inapplicability to any great historical work , and still more to any philosophical or OF BARBARISM AND CIVILIZATION . 43.
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... once or twice raised these wood bundles thus brought in , and am afraid to hazard a conjecture as to their weight , but I feel confident that any London porter would charge high for an extra load , if he was desired to carry one of them ...
... once or twice raised these wood bundles thus brought in , and am afraid to hazard a conjecture as to their weight , but I feel confident that any London porter would charge high for an extra load , if he was desired to carry one of them ...
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