“The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.” PeopleFirstsMatterHousePositionBuildingHabitTasteChosenHollandBuilding Houses Book:Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern Source: Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern
“Animism characterizes tribes very low in the scale of humanity, and thence ascends, deeply modified in its transmission, but from first to last preserving an unbroken continuity, into the midst of high modern culture.” FirstsLastsHumanityCultureModernLowsScalesMidstTribesContinuityUnbrokenTransmissionModern CultureAnimism Book:Primitive Culture Source: Primitive Culture
