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... human thought , and therethrough , upon human history also . Lesser men will explain and comment and criticize and try eclectic reconciliations : others will controvert them , and thus there will be always something going on . The great ...
... human thought , and therethrough , upon human history also . Lesser men will explain and comment and criticize and try eclectic reconciliations : others will controvert them , and thus there will be always something going on . The great ...
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... human . The Arabs 5 call it the ' face of an idol ' , or the man - plant ' , on account of the strong resemblance of the root to the human form . An old writer tells us that the mandrake was fashioned out of the same earth whereof God ...
... human . The Arabs 5 call it the ' face of an idol ' , or the man - plant ' , on account of the strong resemblance of the root to the human form . An old writer tells us that the mandrake was fashioned out of the same earth whereof God ...
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... human trunk and limbs , but with vegetable extremities , the human head being replaced by a bunch of leaves , and the hands and feet by branching roots ; the dog is seen fastened by his tail to the roots which stand for the left hand of ...
... human trunk and limbs , but with vegetable extremities , the human head being replaced by a bunch of leaves , and the hands and feet by branching roots ; the dog is seen fastened by his tail to the roots which stand for the left hand of ...
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191617 | 33 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191718 | 51 |
JACOB AND THE MANDRAKES BY J G FRAZER FELLOW OF | 57 |
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