Edward Burnett Tylor
Edward Burnett Tylor
Sir Edward Burnett Tylorwas an English anthropologist, the founder of cultural anthropology...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth2 October 1832
men white-man organization
Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white men, and he recovers easily from wounds that would kill any European outright.
writing men wife
If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.
art taken men
Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society
english-scientist plateau
The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.
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Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm.
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Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share.
english-scientist grand mexico situation taking truly
Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous.
among english-scientist miles round
One step outside the gate, and we are among the sand-hills that stretch for miles and miles round Vera Cruz.
city decided district english-scientist great mining silver week
When we had been a week or two in the city of Mexico, we decided upon making an excursion to the great silver mining district of the Real del Monte.
arms english-scientist mexican passport rock silver surrounded
If you look at the arms of the Mexican Republic, on a passport or a silver dollar, you will see a representation of a rock surrounded by water.
building english-scientist grand high seen towers
The Cathedral, for instance, is really a very grand building when seen from a little distance, with its two high towers and its cupola behind.
branch draw english-scientist fig ground indian rooted sent smooth themselves trees
The Indian fig trees sent down from every branch suckers, like smooth strings, which rooted themselves in the ground to draw up more water.
humanity unbroken lasts
Animism characterizes tribes very low in the scale of humanity, and thence ascends, deeply modified in its transmission, but from first to last preserving an unbroken continuity, into the midst of high modern culture.
sunset littles towns
At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.