Edward Burnett Tylor
Scientist
1832-10-02
Quotes by Edward Burnett Tylor
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One step outside the gate, and we are among the sand-hills that stretch for miles and miles round Vera Cruz.
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The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.
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Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.
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