Note 150 — Chapter V · THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROOTS.

Thus the long opposition to the Newtonian theory in France rose mainly from the influence of the word “attraction.” See Comte’s Pos. Philos. (Martineau’s ed.) i. p. 182. For the tremendous consequences of the introduction of the term “landed proprietor” into Bengal, see Mill’s Logic, ii. 232. It caused “a disorganisation of society which had not been introduced into that country by the most ruthless of its barbarian invaders.” “Fetish,” as adopted by the negroes from the Portuguese, “feitição” (sorcery), is an instance of a word changing meaning with the feeling of the speakers.