 | Augustus Le Plongeon - 1896 - 514 pages
...Hindoos, the Australians, the ancient Romans, and the ancient Egyptians. . . . This startling fact at once drew my attention to the question, How was...that vast lapse of time since the Peruvian and the Indo-European first inherited this primeval festival from a common source? " What was that source?... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - 1919 - 1112 pages
...period, and on the same day that Christians solemnize the commemoration of the dead (2d November),"1 at once drew my attention to the question, how was...that vast lapse of time since the Peruvian, and the Indo-European first inherited this primeval festival from a common source? It was plain that this singular... | |
 | Frank Joseph - 2004 - 300 pages
...Europe, and continued for three days among the Japanese and the ancient Romans. This startling fact at once drew my attention to the question, How was...that vast lapse of time since the Peruvian and the Indo-European first inherited this primeval festival from a common source?"24 Haliburton's question... | |
 | James Churchward - 2007 - 414 pages
...Japanese, the Hindus, the Australians, the ancient Romans and the ancient Egyptians." This startling fact at once drew my attention to the question : How was...but also through that vast lapse of time since the Peruvians and Indo-Chinese first inherited this primeval festival from a common source ? Between the... | |
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This startling fact at once drew my attention to the question : How was this uniformity in the time of observance preserved, not only in far distant quarters of the globe, but also through that vast lapse of time since the... 