The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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Their languages are polysyn. thetic , being of a higher type than the agglutinative languages . In the polysynthetic tongue the substantive , adjective and verb are joined or combined , and oftentimes a whole sentence will be comprised ...
Their languages are polysyn. thetic , being of a higher type than the agglutinative languages . In the polysynthetic tongue the substantive , adjective and verb are joined or combined , and oftentimes a whole sentence will be comprised ...
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At a higher elevation , the trees are always green , and while one kind sheds its blossoms and ripens its fruit another is budding and unfolding its bloom . Meantime , on the top of the mountains is eternal winter .
At a higher elevation , the trees are always green , and while one kind sheds its blossoms and ripens its fruit another is budding and unfolding its bloom . Meantime , on the top of the mountains is eternal winter .
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The civilization of the Incas appears to have been of a higher order than that of the Mexicans . It is not probable that hieroglyphics were in use among any of the South American Indians , though it is said that traces of a pictorial ...
The civilization of the Incas appears to have been of a higher order than that of the Mexicans . It is not probable that hieroglyphics were in use among any of the South American Indians , though it is said that traces of a pictorial ...
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Beyond the valley is the montaña district , where the land is higher and the climate semi - tropical , where there are few creepers , little underbrush , and open forests , and where both animal and vegetable life is less abundant .
Beyond the valley is the montaña district , where the land is higher and the climate semi - tropical , where there are few creepers , little underbrush , and open forests , and where both animal and vegetable life is less abundant .
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... though not on a higher moral sphere , as we can conceive no greater Christian duty than the regeneration of the uncivilized , but a sphere affecting the relations of established communities that for generations have been wielding an ...
... though not on a higher moral sphere , as we can conceive no greater Christian duty than the regeneration of the uncivilized , but a sphere affecting the relations of established communities that for generations have been wielding an ...
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