"The habit of building houses upon piles, which……" — Edward Burnett Tylor
"The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland."
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21 Quotes by Edward Burnett Tylor
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At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.
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Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law,…
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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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God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so…
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
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The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward.
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Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
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Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
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