Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.
I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth. - Edward Burnett Tylor
I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.
- Edward Burnett Tylor
The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet. - Edward Burnett Tylor
The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.
Animism characterizes tribes very low in the scale of humanity, and thence ascends, deeply modified in its transmission, but from first to last prese… - Edward Burnett Tylor
Animism characterizes tribes very low in the scale of humanity, and thence ascends, deeply modified in its transmission, but from first to last prese…
The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter … - Edward Burnett Tylor
The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter …
We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of thin… - Edward Burnett Tylor
We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of thin…
There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe. - Edward Burnett Tylor
There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.
There was no romance about the mosquitos, however. - Edward Burnett Tylor
There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.
The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level. - Edward Burnett Tylor
The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.
Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish. - Edward Burnett Tylor
Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.
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