Length19h 45m
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Excerpt: "Stirring Scenes in Savage Lands: An Account of the Manners, Customs, Habits and Recreations, Peaceful and Warlike, of the Uncivilised World. At first sight it would seem hard to show a greater anomaly than an unthinking instinct-obeying nation of savages consenting to be controlled and governed by a fellow barbarian, equally unthinking, and morally powerless; and the said[2] anomaly is the more striking when the savage is viewed as the vulgar view him,—as a free-born "child of nature," intolerant of rule, and guided in all his behaviour by certain instinctive high-souled sentiments, and vast powers of mind, that require only cultivation to fit their possessor for the achievement of all that ever was yet successfully attempted by man. This, however, is very far from the fact. Without doubt, and as we have only to refer back to our own ancient barbarism to be convinced, the germ of perfect manhood lies in every savage, but like the ore of gold and iron, the true metal lies deep, and to free it from dross and make its lustre apparent is a process neither easy nor rapid. Again, like golden ore, in which the precious deposit shows here and there with a sheen that undoubtedly reveals its presence, does the savage's mind manifest its existence in fitful flashes and glimmerings, that, alas! only reveal to him what a helpless wretch he is, and what a terribly responsible thing is life, with children and wife, and all its other precious belongings, and which, in an instant, may be spilt and vanish like a capsized gourd of water."
Audiobook details
GenreTravel, Biography and Memoir
Length19 hrs 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 3, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS.
2List of Wood-Cuts,
3PART VII. SAVAGE KINGS AND COURTS.
4CHAPTER XVII.
5CHAPTER XVIII.
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6CHAPTER XIX.
7PART VIII. SAVAGE M.D.’s.: CHAPTER XX.
8PART IX. SAVAGE WARFARE.
9CHAPTER XXI.
10CHAPTER XXII.
11CHAPTER XXIII.
12CHAPTER XXIV.
13PART X INCIDENTS OF PERSONAL PERIL AND DISCOMFORT OF TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS.: CHAPTER XXV.
14PART XI. RELIGIOUS RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS.: CHAPTER XXVI. (pt. 1)
15PART XI. RELIGIOUS RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS.: CHAPTER XXVI. (pt. 2)
16PART XI. RELIGIOUS RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS.: CHAPTER XXVI. (pt. 3)
17PART XII. SAVAGE DEATH AND BURIAL.
18CHAPTER XXVII.
19CHAPTER XXVIII.
20CHAPTER XXIX.
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