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... race , and of the respect paid by it to the teachers of the race , the Brahmans . For the education of the young Hindu is not merely an education in the holy texts and doctrines ; it is a training in reverence , almost amounting to ...
... race , and of the respect paid by it to the teachers of the race , the Brahmans . For the education of the young Hindu is not merely an education in the holy texts and doctrines ; it is a training in reverence , almost amounting to ...
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... race compelled their old men to leap into the sea is still shown . And the fiercer savage has often in many parts of the world made food of them . Nevertheless , the ancient records of many communities , especially those of Aryan speech ...
... race compelled their old men to leap into the sea is still shown . And the fiercer savage has often in many parts of the world made food of them . Nevertheless , the ancient records of many communities , especially those of Aryan speech ...
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... races , Celts , Romans , and Greeks . Nobody , for example , will understand the ancient Roman lawyer , with that obstinate adherence of his to texts which has characterised his profession during so many centuries , and that method of ...
... races , Celts , Romans , and Greeks . Nobody , for example , will understand the ancient Roman lawyer , with that obstinate adherence of his to texts which has characterised his profession during so many centuries , and that method of ...
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... race of man is kept in order by punishment ; gods and demons , singers in heaven and cruel giants , birds and serpents , are made capable by just correction of their several enjoyments ' ( Manu , loc . cit . ) The full consequences of ...
... race of man is kept in order by punishment ; gods and demons , singers in heaven and cruel giants , birds and serpents , are made capable by just correction of their several enjoyments ' ( Manu , loc . cit . ) The full consequences of ...
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... Race , a Na- tion , a Tribe , a House or a Family ; an Ion , a Romu- lus , or an Eumolpus . Nor , again , can it be visibly connected with the superstitious reverence of savages for their Totem , even though it symbolise to them the ...
... Race , a Na- tion , a Tribe , a House or a Family ; an Ion , a Romu- lus , or an Eumolpus . Nor , again , can it be visibly connected with the superstitious reverence of savages for their Totem , even though it symbolise to them the ...
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