...existence of the spirits of their ancestors. In another passage Mr. Tylor says : " So far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance. "f At the basis of savage belief concerning a future state there seems to lie the conviction of a spiritual...

...than from speculation. Here, so far as I can judge from the iiumeuse mass of accessible evideuce, \ve have to admit that the belief in spiritual beings...apply either to ancient tribes, or to more or less imj>erfeetly-de8cribed modern ones" (p. 384). This sufficiently confirms Guizot's conclusion, that...

...existence of the spirits of their ancestors. In another passage Mr. Tyler says : " So far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...with whom we have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance."t At the basis of savage belief concerning a future state there seems to lie the conviction...

...Dr. Tylor rests his judgment. And his testimony is the following : — " Here, so far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...thoroughly intimate acquaintance ; whereas the assertion of absence of such belief must apply either to ancient tribes, or to more or less imperfectly described...

...Mr. Stephen's wild assumption, Tylor adds the following conclusive testimony (vol. i. pp. 384, 387) : "The belief in spiritual beings appears among all...have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance. . . . The conception of a personal soul or spirit among the lower races may be defined as follows :...

...I p. 377 foil. He gives the following as the result of his investigations, ' as far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have to admit that the belief in spiritual beings (termed by him 'animism') appears among all low races with whom we have attained to thoroughly intimate...

...accessible evidence, we have to admit that the belief in spiritual beings (termed by him 'animism') appears among all low races with whom we have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance' p. 384. The doubtful nature of the facts alleged by Sir J. Lubbock, in favour of the opposite view,...

...destitute of the religious instinct has yet to be found." " The Faiths of the World"— BLACKWOOD. among all low races with whom we have attained to...thoroughly intimate acquaintance, whereas the assertion of absence of such belief must apply either to the ancient tribes, or to less or more imperfectly described...

...lowest savages. His assertions leave no doubt at all on this point. He says : " So far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance." l This is directly antagonistic to the assertion of our French materialists, " that the religious idea...

...destitute of religion. After examining these statements, Mr. Tylor concludes thus : " So far as I can judge from the immense mass of accessible evidence, we have...have attained to thoroughly intimate acquaintance." § 6. Religious Statistics of the World. Look at the map of the world. The population of our earth...