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... itself . In dealing with the higher mental characteristics of the different peoples compared , and in attempting to classify them , I have been met by this very great difficulty : it is nearly , if not quite , PREFACE . ix.
... itself . In dealing with the higher mental characteristics of the different peoples compared , and in attempting to classify them , I have been met by this very great difficulty : it is nearly , if not quite , PREFACE . ix.
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A Prologue to Authentic English History Luke Owen Pike. difficulty : it is nearly , if not quite , impossible for any one to make himself a competent judge of all intellec- tual manifestations ; and I fear that anyone may be accused of ...
A Prologue to Authentic English History Luke Owen Pike. difficulty : it is nearly , if not quite , impossible for any one to make himself a competent judge of all intellec- tual manifestations ; and I fear that anyone may be accused of ...
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... nearly as may be in that state of mind in which we come to an entirely new study . It is difficult even for the most philosophical and the most conscientious to do this , to deal with a prejudice so that it shall neither leave the mind ...
... nearly as may be in that state of mind in which we come to an entirely new study . It is difficult even for the most philosophical and the most conscientious to do this , to deal with a prejudice so that it shall neither leave the mind ...
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... nearly all his narrative has reference to that portion of the realm . ' If we now consider the value of Beda's account , we discover that he was born about the year 672 , * that he did not therefore , in all probability , begin to write ...
... nearly all his narrative has reference to that portion of the realm . ' If we now consider the value of Beda's account , we discover that he was born about the year 672 , * that he did not therefore , in all probability , begin to write ...
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... this foreign element was in part akin to the native British element . The Belgic legions , especially , were nearly akin to , and probably spoke a language very * similar to that of , the Britons . It 40 THE ENGLISH AND THEIR ORIGIN .
... this foreign element was in part akin to the native British element . The Belgic legions , especially , were nearly akin to , and probably spoke a language very * similar to that of , the Britons . It 40 THE ENGLISH AND THEIR ORIGIN .
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