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ISBN13: 9780217529907
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Hatnral Phenomena as viewed by Nomad and Agricultural People. No doubt, even without the evidence supplied by the Veda, one might have asked in return what better subjects there could have been in an early state of society, to engage the thoughts and to satisfy even the higher aspirations of mankind, than the wonders of nature?the daily return of the sun, which meant the return of light and warmth, that is, the possibility of life and the joy of life, ?or the yearly return of the sun, which meant again the return of spring and summer after the horrors of winter, that is, the possibility of life and the joy of life. In days when a violent storm might turn a happy homestead to wrack and ruin, when a sudden rain might sweep away a whole harvest, and bring famine and death on a prosperous village, when the hot rays of the sun might parch the fields, kill the cattle, and spread pestilence among children and servants, what subjects could there have been nearer to the heart of man than the strange and startling movements of the heavenly bodies, the apparent cause of all their happiness, the apparent cause of all their misery on earth ? What does a farmer talk about even now, before and during and after the harvest, but the weather ? We have now calendars to tell us when the spring returns, when the summer heat may be expected, how long the autumn may last, and when the winter will set in with its snow and frost. But with the ancient tillers of the soil, the most highly-prized wisdom consisted in sayings and rules, handed down from father to son, which told when it was safe to sow, when it was time to mow, and how much provision waswanted for a long winter, to prevent children and parents from dying of hunger. In our days, with all the experience gathered in. our books, with all the ..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217529907 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217529909 |
| Weight | 0.99 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.68 In |
| List Price | $20.12 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 302 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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