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It is of fundament

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I have already explained[23] how the increased im

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http://ping.fm/mPIPx by's reference to architecture and agriculture as the two arts that have changed the surface of the world. It is interest

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I have already mentioned Professor Letha

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http://ping.fm/nq1EA journals which I was unable to obtain in Manchester; and Mr. Donald A. Mackenzie, of Edinburgh, has po

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http://ping.fm/mqSON , the crafts of the carpenter and the stonemason, the carving of statues, the customs of pouring ou

http://ping.fm/lyuUe I forget to acknowledge the invaluable help and forbearance of Mr. Henry Guppy, of the John Rylands L

http://ping.fm/utwYE r number of correspondents who have helped me I offer my most grateful thanks.

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http://ping.fm/eGd9v I am under a special debt of gratitude to Dr. Alan Gardiner for calling my attention to the fact that

http://ping.fm/GWOa0 fith for explaining its true meaning and for lending me the literature relating to this matter. Miss W

http://ping.fm/a6XK2 very material assistance by bringing to my attention some very important literature which otherwise w

http://ping.fm/rUPWz inifred M. Crompton, the Assistant Keeper of the Egyptian Department in the Manchester Museum, gave me

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http://ping.fm/ZOVdw ived help from so large a number of correspondents that it is difficult to enumerate all of them. But

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http://ping.fm/m7pMm text of Chapters I and III I have referred to the Greek, Babylonian, Chinese, and Melanesian variants

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