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... seems reasonable , then , to suppose that dreams have always had some effect upon human behavior ; and it seems likely , if scientifically un- demonstrable , that , along with man's speech organs , they helped to make the whole ...
... seems reasonable , then , to suppose that dreams have always had some effect upon human behavior ; and it seems likely , if scientifically un- demonstrable , that , along with man's speech organs , they helped to make the whole ...
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... seems likely that early man had produced sequences of connected actions that had many of the characteristics of verbal language , accompanied by shared feelings that would later be called religious . The proto - language of ritual laid ...
... seems likely that early man had produced sequences of connected actions that had many of the characteristics of verbal language , accompanied by shared feelings that would later be called religious . The proto - language of ritual laid ...
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... seems to have occurred at about the same time . On the surface , hunting seems a better explanation than simple tool - making ; there is reason , indeed , to suspect that one ex- tremely primitive mode of communication then came into ...
... seems to have occurred at about the same time . On the surface , hunting seems a better explanation than simple tool - making ; there is reason , indeed , to suspect that one ex- tremely primitive mode of communication then came into ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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