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Page vii
... " but shall present in a shape acceptable to western readers , the outlines of the knowledge they possess , concerning the origin , constitution , and destinies of Man . The correspondence which forms the kernel of the present volume.
... " but shall present in a shape acceptable to western readers , the outlines of the knowledge they possess , concerning the origin , constitution , and destinies of Man . The correspondence which forms the kernel of the present volume.
Page viii
... readers the assurance that , even though I might , if other engagements permitted , add largely to the present record , at almost every step , still , as it stands , it contains nothing which requires alteration , nothing which is mis ...
... readers the assurance that , even though I might , if other engagements permitted , add largely to the present record , at almost every step , still , as it stands , it contains nothing which requires alteration , nothing which is mis ...
Page xii
... readers , is her mother's youngest brother . She is well known to Prince Loris Melikoff , and all who were on the staff , or in society , when Prince Michael S. Woronzoff was Viceroy of the Caucasus . Prince Emile v . Sayn Wittgenstein ...
... readers , is her mother's youngest brother . She is well known to Prince Loris Melikoff , and all who were on the staff , or in society , when Prince Michael S. Woronzoff was Viceroy of the Caucasus . Prince Emile v . Sayn Wittgenstein ...
Page xiv
... reader of the present volume will perceive ; but in India , at all events , considerable publicity has been given to the documents quoted above , as also to others of the same series , which it seems unnecessary to republish here in ...
... reader of the present volume will perceive ; but in India , at all events , considerable publicity has been given to the documents quoted above , as also to others of the same series , which it seems unnecessary to republish here in ...
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... reader on the threshold of the subject . How is it that conclusions of such great weight have been kept the secret property of a jealous body of initiates ? Is it not a law of progress that truth asserts itself and courts the free air ...
... reader on the threshold of the subject . How is it that conclusions of such great weight have been kept the secret property of a jealous body of initiates ? Is it not a law of progress that truth asserts itself and courts the free air ...
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