Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 15Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1886 |
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... terms such as a competent mathematician could deal with , disentangled from all reference to heredity , and in that shape submitted it to Mr. J. Hamilton Dickson , of St. Peter's College , Cambridge . I asked him kindly to investigate ...
... terms such as a competent mathematician could deal with , disentangled from all reference to heredity , and in that shape submitted it to Mr. J. Hamilton Dickson , of St. Peter's College , Cambridge . I asked him kindly to investigate ...
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Aberglaube Accademia dei Lincei Africa amongst ancient Andaman Islands anthropological appear Australian average Bidweli bones Borneo Bunjil called canoe Celtic celts child circle civilisation Coast Murring colour corpse crannogs custom dead death dialects dolmens doubt E. B. TYLOR east Ethochroic exhibited existed fact feet FRANCIS GALTON GALTON ghost Gippsland Greek hair height inches Indians inhabitants islands Jewish Jews Kamilaroi Karpathos kingdom of Strathclyde Krauatun Kulin Kurnai Lake lake-dwellings language Lapps living Malay males Maoris means measurements menhirs migration Montagnais Mount Ellery mountains mourning Nancowry neighbouring Nicobar Nicobarese north-west objects observed origin ornaments paper peculiar photographs Plate pottery present probably Professor regards relics remarkable River round Royal Sakais Scotland Shom Pen skulls Society stature stones supposed totems tribe tundun Tylor village women word Yahgan
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Page 5 - In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
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Page 355 - And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Page 174 - But the law is even-handed; it levies an equal succession-tax on the transmission of badness as of goodness. If it discourages the extravagant hopes of a gifted parent that his children will inherit all his powers; it no less discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit all his weakness and disease.
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Page 308 - Archipelago," in which they are reprinted : " Farther towards the north of Borneo are to be found men living absolutely in a state of nature, who neither cultivate the ground nor live in huts ; who neither eat rice nor salt, and who do not associate with each other, but rove about some woods like wild beasts. The sexes meet in the jungle, or the man carries away a woman from some kampong.
Page 26 - Geographic," and we have just heard how Dr. Neubauer upholds the opinion of his illustrious friend. Notwithstanding the authority which must attach to such names when dealing with a matter mainly historical, I hope to show that the last word has not been said on the subject, and that anthropological science in particular has certain considerations to suggest which must give us pause before accepting the conclusions at which these authorities have arrived. The whole question is very complicated, and...
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Page 334 - ... but submerged in winter ; these were enlarged and fortified by piles of oaken timber, and in some cases by stone-work. A few were approached by moles or causeways, but, generally speaking, they were completely insulated, and only accessible by boat ; and it is notable that in almost every instance an ancient canoe was discovered in connexion with the crannoge.