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Page 124
... believe that Indian widows used to enter their husband's graves ; and when the King of Dahomey executes his " grand custom , " it is only his way of shock- ing public sensibilities by a conjuring trick . But we are not quite driven to ...
... believe that Indian widows used to enter their husband's graves ; and when the King of Dahomey executes his " grand custom , " it is only his way of shock- ing public sensibilities by a conjuring trick . But we are not quite driven to ...
Page 165
... believe that effects so very various are all the natural results of the same cause , and until we can obtain far more satisfactory evidence than is afforded by these statistics we shall be inclined to believe that very similar results ...
... believe that effects so very various are all the natural results of the same cause , and until we can obtain far more satisfactory evidence than is afforded by these statistics we shall be inclined to believe that very similar results ...
Page 223
... believe in its military weakness , have one by one disap- peared , and for the fiftieth time it has been demonstrated that aristocracy , whatever its other demerits , is the most effective of ruling powers . From the very beginning of ...
... believe in its military weakness , have one by one disap- peared , and for the fiftieth time it has been demonstrated that aristocracy , whatever its other demerits , is the most effective of ruling powers . From the very beginning of ...
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