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> [If it were possible to transfer the methods of physical or of biological science directly to the study of man, the transfer would long ago have been made ... We have failed not for lack of hypotheses which equate man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bloomfield/if-it-were-possible-to-transfer-the-methods-of-physical-or-of/)

Leonard Bloomfield

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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 Leonard Bloomfield

> [If it were possible to transfer the methods of physical or of biological science directly to the study of man, the transfer would long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bloomfield/if-it-were-possible-to-transfer-the-methods-of-physical-or-of/)

Leonard Bloomfield

> [The most difficult step in the study of language is the first step.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bloomfield/the-most-difficult-step-in-the-study-of-language-is-the-first-step/)

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