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... character ? Did any- one take it into his head to denounce as meaningless Emerson's title , English Traits ? Does not every treatise on ethnography assume that there are certain psychical characteristics of races , tribes , and peoples ...
... character ? Did any- one take it into his head to denounce as meaningless Emerson's title , English Traits ? Does not every treatise on ethnography assume that there are certain psychical characteristics of races , tribes , and peoples ...
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... Around them have concentrated the labours of nations , and as one or the other became more prominent , national character partook of its inspiration , and national history fell under its sway . THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN MIND 、 9.
... Around them have concentrated the labours of nations , and as one or the other became more prominent , national character partook of its inspiration , and national history fell under its sway . THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN MIND 、 9.
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... characters and actions . Naturally enough many have identified the I with the body , or with that portion of the body least de- structible , the bones . For this reason , in Egypt , Peru , Teneriffe , and many other localities there was ...
... characters and actions . Naturally enough many have identified the I with the body , or with that portion of the body least de- structible , the bones . For this reason , in Egypt , Peru , Teneriffe , and many other localities there was ...
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... character , a mere bodily function , to be classed with digestion or circulation . This opinion has of late years been warmly espoused in the United States . That intellectual actions are governed by fixed laws was long ago said and ...
... character , a mere bodily function , to be classed with digestion or circulation . This opinion has of late years been warmly espoused in the United States . That intellectual actions are governed by fixed laws was long ago said and ...
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... character becomes more fixed with THE advancing culture , and its component parts— that is , the individuals who compose it - more uniform . This has not been understood by one of the latest writers on the subject , Professor Vierkandt ...
... character becomes more fixed with THE advancing culture , and its component parts— that is , the individuals who compose it - more uniform . This has not been understood by one of the latest writers on the subject , Professor Vierkandt ...
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