Der Papua des dunkeln Inselreichs im Lichte psychologischer Forschung

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Weidmann, 1885 - Ethnology - 368 pages
 

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Page 54 - Id actum est, mihi crede, ab illo, quisquis formator universi fuit, sive ille deus est potens omnium, sive incorporalis ratio ingentium operum artifex, sive divinus spiritus per omnia maxima ac minima aequali intentione dili'usus, sive fatum et immutabilis causarum inter se cohaerentium series — id, inquam, actum est, ut in alienum arbitrium nisi vilissima quaeque non caderent.
Page xx - ... all inanimate objects, as well as plants, animals, and men, to belong to one great system of allconscious and interrelated life, in which the degrees of relationship seem to be determined largely, if not wholly, by the degrees of resemblance. In this system of life the starting point is man, the most finished, yet the lowest organism; at least, the lowest because most dependent and least mysterious.
Page 131 - The twist is a common descent. A "mataqali" is composed of the descendants of a mataveitathini, or band of brothers, from each of whom is descended a minor division called a yavusa, and each yavusa may be again sub-divided into a number of vuvale, consisting of brothers with their families, who inhabit either the same house, or adjoining houses. That is to say, a number of vuvale make up a yavusa, a number of yavusa make up a mataqali, and a number of mataqali make up a koro. The people of a koro...
Page 113 - Neque quisquam agri modum certum aut fines habet proprios ; sed magistratus ac principes in annos singulos gentibus cognationibusque hominum, qui una coierunt, quantum et quo loco visum est agri attribuunt atque anno post alio transire cogunt.
Page 217 - Each lad is attended by one of the elders, who instructs him every evening in his duties, and gives him advice to regulate his conduct through life — advice given in so kindly, fatherly, and impressive a manner as often to soften the heart and draw tears from the youth.
Page 138 - Germanorum omnium. Hi centum pagos habere dicuntur, ex quibus quotannis singula milia armatorum bellandi causa ex finibus educunt. Reliqui, qui domi manserunt, se atque illos alunt. Hi rursus in vicem anno post in armis sunt, illi domi remanent. Sic neque agricultura nee ratio atque usus belli intermittitur. Sed privati ac separati agri apud eos nihil est, neque longius anno remanere uno in loco incolendi causa licet.
Page 16 - Moreover, while fossil remains buried in the earth will keep for the future student, the remains of Indian arts, languages and institutions will not. They are perishing daily, and have been perishing for upwards of three centuries. The ethnic life of the Indian tribes is declining under the influence of American civilization, their arts and languages are disappearing, and their institutions are dissolving.
Page 321 - Jahren nähert. Und keinen Alten und Lebenssatten wird es geben, sondern sie alle werden wie Kinder und Knaben sein, und werden alle ihre Tage in Frieden und Freude vollenden und leben, ohne dass ein Satan oder sonst ein böser Verderber da wäre; denn alle ihre Tage werden Tage des Segens und der Heilung sein.
Page 16 - Since mankind were one in origin, their career has been essentially one, running in different but uniform channels upon all continents, and very similarly in all the tribes and nations of mankind down to the same status of advancement.
Page 191 - Dieses hat seinen Ursprung in Gale genommen und ist itzund auch in Folgia und Quoja gebräuchlich. Man bringt 10- oder 12-, auch wohl mehrjährige Töchter, als auch Frauen an einen sonderlichen abgeschiedenen Ort in einen Busch, nicht weit vom Dorfe; da die Männer ihnen erst Wohnungen gemacht, und darnach eine Frau aus Gola kommen lassen, welche sie Soghwilly nennen.

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