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... evidence but in putting together authentic fragments that are accidentally , or sometimes arbitrarily , separated , because specialists tend to abide too rigorously by a gentlemen's agreement not to invade each other's territory ...
... evidence but in putting together authentic fragments that are accidentally , or sometimes arbitrarily , separated , because specialists tend to abide too rigorously by a gentlemen's agreement not to invade each other's territory ...
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... evidence , that primitive hunt- ing peoples feel guilty about taking the life of animals they need for food , and even pray the animal for forgiveness or rationalize its death as due to the animal's own wish . Is it so sure then that ...
... evidence , that primitive hunt- ing peoples feel guilty about taking the life of animals they need for food , and even pray the animal for forgiveness or rationalize its death as due to the animal's own wish . Is it so sure then that ...
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... evidence is full of holes ; and its inadequacy has been covered over by speculations far more airy than any I shall dare to bring forward . There is still a doubt , in some cases impossible to resolve , whether heaps of almost shapeless ...
... evidence is full of holes ; and its inadequacy has been covered over by speculations far more airy than any I shall dare to bring forward . There is still a doubt , in some cases impossible to resolve , whether heaps of almost shapeless ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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