Beyond the Mexique BayThe author describes his experiences traveling through the Caribbean to Guatemala and southern Mexico in 1933. |
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... magic . Magic that could convert every pawn in their endless game against the devil into a queen : it was worth the money . Worth still more money , in the eyes of the Indians , is the more elaborate magic of baptism . We were still in ...
... magic . Magic that could convert every pawn in their endless game against the devil into a queen : it was worth the money . Worth still more money , in the eyes of the Indians , is the more elaborate magic of baptism . We were still in ...
Page 262
... magic - or rather had the wit to see that the most effective magic is the magic associ- ated with the finest art . The most convincing way of proving that a given place is holy , is to make it so grand and so beautiful that when they ...
... magic - or rather had the wit to see that the most effective magic is the magic associ- ated with the finest art . The most convincing way of proving that a given place is holy , is to make it so grand and so beautiful that when they ...
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... magic ; but since their departure experience has doubtless proved to the Indians that , magic for magic , their own is just as effective as any one else's . There is not any less rain since the padres were turned out , nor any more ...
... magic ; but since their departure experience has doubtless proved to the Indians that , magic for magic , their own is just as effective as any one else's . There is not any less rain since the padres were turned out , nor any more ...
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