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However humiliating it may sound , every one of our sciences , however grand
their present titles , can be traced back to the most humble and homely
occupations of half - savage beterkerlpeneer tribes . It was not the true , the good
, and the ...
However humiliating it may sound , every one of our sciences , however grand
their present titles , can be traced back to the most humble and homely
occupations of half - savage beterkerlpeneer tribes . It was not the true , the good
, and the ...
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... character of the reproductive organs , failed to bring out the natural order which
pervades all that grows and blossoms . Broad lines of demarcation which unite or
divide large tribes and families of plants were invisible from his point of view .
... character of the reproductive organs , failed to bring out the natural order which
pervades all that grows and blossoms . Broad lines of demarcation which unite or
divide large tribes and families of plants were invisible from his point of view .
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Dialects which have never produced any literature at all , the jargons of savage
tribes , the clicks of the Hottentots , and the vocal modulations of the Indo -
Chinese are as important , nay , for the solution of some of our problems , more ...
Dialects which have never produced any literature at all , the jargons of savage
tribes , the clicks of the Hottentots , and the vocal modulations of the Indo -
Chinese are as important , nay , for the solution of some of our problems , more ...
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We have reason to believe that the same changes take place with even greater
violence and rapidity in the dialects of savage tribes , although , in the absence of
a written literature , it is extremely difficult to obtain trustworthy information , But ...
We have reason to believe that the same changes take place with even greater
violence and rapidity in the dialects of savage tribes , although , in the absence of
a written literature , it is extremely difficult to obtain trustworthy information , But ...
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Though the individual seems to be the prime agent in producing new words and
new grammatical forms , he is so only after his individuality has been merged in
the common action of the family , tribe , or nation to which he belongs . He can do
...
Though the individual seems to be the prime agent in producing new words and
new grammatical forms , he is so only after his individuality has been merged in
the common action of the family , tribe , or nation to which he belongs . He can do
...
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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