"Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic……" — Edward Burnett Tylor
"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"
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Edward Burnett Tylor
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21 Quotes by Edward Burnett Tylor
Edward Burnett Tylor has 21 quotes on this site.
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At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.
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We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to…
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Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of…
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Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward…
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There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.
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I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.
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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.
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During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.
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Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.
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The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.
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There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.
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Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different…
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something…
— Franklin P. Adams
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The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first…
— H. Rap Brown
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Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly…
— Smedley Butler
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I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.
— A. S. Byatt
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Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
— Andrew Carnegie
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Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
— Willa Cather
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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to…
— Lord Chesterfield
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Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
— Lord Chesterfield
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired…
— Kate Chopin
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Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to…
— Emile M. Cioran
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