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" Here, so far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have to admit that the belief in spiritual beings appears among all low races / with whom we have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance... "
The Soul: A Study and an Argument - Page 186
by David Syme - 1903 - 234 pages
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 19

568 pages
...existence of the spirits of their ancestors. In another passage Mr. Tylor says : " So far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance. "f At the basis of savage belief concerning a future state there seems to lie the conviction of a spiritual...
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review, Volume 21

1872 - 832 pages
...than from speculation. Here, so far as I can judge from the iiumeuse mass of accessible evideuce, \ve have to admit that the belief in spiritual beings...apply either to ancient tribes, or to more or less imj>erfeetly-de8cribed modern ones" (p. 384). This sufficiently confirms Guizot's conclusion, that...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 19

1872 - 848 pages
...existence of the spirits of their ancestors. In another passage Mr. Tyler says : " So far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...with whom we have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance."t At the basis of savage belief concerning a future state there seems to lie the conviction...
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The Relations of Mind and Brain

Henry Calderwood - 1879 - 482 pages
...Dr. Tylor rests his judgment. And his testimony is the following : — " Here, so far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...thoroughly intimate acquaintance ; whereas the assertion of absence of such belief must apply either to ancient tribes, or to more or less imperfectly described...
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The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism

Epes Sargent - 1880 - 408 pages
...Mr. Stephen's wild assumption, Tylor adds the following conclusive testimony (vol. i. pp. 384, 387) : "The belief in spiritual beings appears among all...have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance. . . . The conception of a personal soul or spirit among the lower races may be defined as follows :...
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De Natura Deorum Libri Tres, Volume 1

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1880 - 312 pages
...I p. 377 foil. He gives the following as the result of his investigations, ' as far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have to admit that the belief in spiritual beings (termed by him 'animism') appears among all low races with whom we have attained to thoroughly intimate...
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M. Tullii Ciceronis De Natura Deorum Libri Tres: With Introduction ..., Volume 1

Marcus Tullius Cicero, John Houghton Swainson - 1880 - 336 pages
...accessible evidence, we have to admit that the belief in spiritual beings (termed by him 'animism') appears among all low races with whom we have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance' p. 384. The doubtful nature of the facts alleged by Sir J. Lubbock, in favour of the opposite view,...
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Thoughts on Theism: With Suggestions Towards a Public Religious Service in ...

1882 - 108 pages
...destitute of the religious instinct has yet to be found." " The Faiths of the World"— BLACKWOOD. among all low races with whom we have attained to...thoroughly intimate acquaintance, whereas the assertion of absence of such belief must apply either to the ancient tribes, or to less or more imperfectly described...
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A comparison of all religions, fifth ed

James Freeman Clarke - 1883 - 466 pages
...destitute of religion. After examining these statements, Mr. Tylor concludes thus : " So far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance." § 6. Religious Statistics of the World. Look at the map of the world. The population of our earth...
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A comparison of all religions

James Freeman Clarke - 1883 - 464 pages
...destitute of religion. After examining these statements, Mr. Tylor concludes thus : " So far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance." § 6. Religious Statistics of the World. Look at the map of the world. The population of our earth...
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