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Daniel Brinton

The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von HumboldtThe Philosophic Grammar of American Languages§ 1. Introductory § 2. Humboldt’s Studies in American Languages § 3. The Final Purpose of the Philosophy of Language § 4. Historical, Comparative and Philosophic Grammar...

American Languages, and Why We Should Study ThemDaniel G. Brinton American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them AMERICAN LANGUAGES, AND WHY WE SHOULD STUDY THEM Mr. President, etc.:I appear before you to-night to enter a plea for one of the most neglected branches of learning, for a study usua...

AnthropologyAnthropology / As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States PREFATORY NOTE This very brief presentation of the claims of Anthropology for a recognized place in institutions of the higher education in the United States will, I hope, receive the thoughtful c...

The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological RelationsThe Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations THE ARAWACK LANGUAGE OF GUIANA IN ITS LINGUISTIC AND ETHNOLOGICAL RELATIONS. BY D. G. BRINTON, M. D The Arawacks are a tribe of Indians who at pre...

The Religious SentimentDaniel G. Brinton The Religious Sentiment / Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and / Philosophy of Religion PREFACEMythology, since it began to receive a scientific handling at all, has been treated as a subordinate branch of history or of ethnology. The “sci...

A Record of Study in Aboriginal American LanguagesDaniel G. Brinton A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages PREFATORYIf this review of my own work in the field of American Linguistics requires an apology, I may say that the preparation of it was suggested to me by my late friend, Mr. J...

Nagualism: A Study in Native American Folk-lore and HistoryDaniel G. Brinton Nagualism: A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History 1. The words, a nagual, nagualism, a nagualist, have been current in English prose for more than seventy years; they are found during that time in a variety of ...

The American RaceDaniel Garrison Brinton The American Race / A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America TO THECONGRÈS INTERNATIONAL DES AMÉRICANISTES,AN ASSOCIATIONWHOSE BROAD SYMPATHIES AND ENLIGHTENED SPIRITILLUSTRATE THE NOBLEST ASP...

Notes on the Floridian Peninsula; its Literary History, Indian Tribes and AntiquitiesDaniel G. Brinton Notes on the Floridian Peninsula; its Literary History, Indian Tribes and Antiquities TO THELOVERS AND CULTIVATORSOF THEHISTORY AND ARCHÆOLOGY OF OUR COUNTRY,THIS WORKIS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,B...

The Myths of the New WorldDaniel G. Brinton The Myths of the New World / A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America PREFACE I have written this work more for the thoughtful general reader than the antiquary. It is a study of an obscure portion of the intellectual history...