Note 32 — LECTURE II. THE PSYCHICAL ELEMENTS OF ETHNOGRAPHY.
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The proof of this is furnished by Gustav Roskof, Das Religionswesen der Rohesten Naturvölker (Leipzig, 1880), and Wilhelm Schneider, Die Naturvölker, II. Theil (Paderborn, 1886). The assertions to the contrary by Herbert Spencer, Sir John Lubbock, and various French writers, arise from a lack of study of the evidence, or a misunderstanding of terms.