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... qualities of the early settlers . The process of selection as it applies to the Puritans of New England will be fully con- sidered in a later chapter . Here it must suffice to recall that South Carolina is famous as the home of a rather ...
... qualities of the early settlers . The process of selection as it applies to the Puritans of New England will be fully con- sidered in a later chapter . Here it must suffice to recall that South Carolina is famous as the home of a rather ...
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... qualities ? Second , how far are these qualities inherited , and how far are they the result of education and experience ? The answer to both questions leads to one of the profoundest principles in the whole realm of civilization — a ...
... qualities ? Second , how far are these qualities inherited , and how far are they the result of education and experience ? The answer to both questions leads to one of the profoundest principles in the whole realm of civilization — a ...
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... qualities remain among the nomads , they fail to get wives or are given girls whom others do not want and who are often physically deficient so that they have few children . The result is that their kind tends to die out . On the other ...
... qualities remain among the nomads , they fail to get wives or are given girls whom others do not want and who are often physically deficient so that they have few children . The result is that their kind tends to die out . On the other ...
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THE BACKGROUND OF CIVILIZATION | 13 |
The Supreme Fact 1321 | 27 |
The Background of Civilization | 46 |
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