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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/animism-characterizes-tribes-very-low-in-the-scale-of-humanity-and/)

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## Other authors on Animism

- [S. Kelley Harrell 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animism/s-kelley-harrell/)
- [Graham Harvey 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animism/graham-harvey/)

## More by Edward Burnett Tylor

> [Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/aching-all-over-we-reached-level-ground-again-and-mr-christy-withdrew/)

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> [I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/i-am-afraid-the-spanish-american-has-not-always-a-very-strict-regard/)

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> [During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/during-the-tertiary-period-the-whole-valley-of-mexico-was-one-great/)

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> [Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/everything-that-is-really-mexican-is-either-aztec-or-spanish/)

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> [The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/the-interior-of-mexico-consists-of-a-mass-of-volcanic-rocks-thrust-up/)

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> [The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/the-plateau-of-mexico-is-8-000-feet-high-and-that-of-puebla-9-000-feet/)

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> [We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/we-are-at-last-on-the-high-lands-of-mexico-the-districts-which-at/)

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> [Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/every-one-knows-how-the-snow-lies-in-the-valleys-of-the-alps-forming/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/if-you-are-a-married-man-resident-in-cuba-you-cannot-get-a-passport/)

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> [One step outside the gate, and we are among the sand-hills that stretch for miles and miles round Vera Cruz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/one-step-outside-the-gate-and-we-are-among-the-sand-hills-that/)

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> [Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/taking-it-as-a-whole-mexico-is-a-grand-city-and-as-cortes-truly-said/)

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> [The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/the-habit-of-building-houses-upon-piles-which-was-first-forced-upon/)

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> [We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/we-were-very-kindly-received-by-the-english-merchants-to-whom-my/)

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> [Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/whenever-anything-disagreeable-is-happening-in-the-country-vera-cruz/)

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> [Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-burnett-tylor/even-if-severe-wounds-are-given-the-indian-has-many-chances-in-his/)

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