The Origin of the Aryans

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THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE SERIES.
Edited by HAVELOCK ELLIS.
THE ORIGIN OF THE ARYANS.
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BythesameAuthor
WordsandPlaces Etymological Illustrations
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OF HisTORYj Ethnology, and Geography.
Greeks and Goths A Study on the Runes.
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The Alphabet an Account of the Origin and
:
Development of Letters,
Leaves from an Egyptian Note-Book.
THE ORIGIN
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OF THE ARYANS.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE PREHISTORIC
ETHNOLOGY AND CIVILISATION OF EUROPE
BY
ISAAC TAYLOR,
M.A., Litt. D., Hon. LL.D.
ILLUSTRATED.
SCRIBNER & WELFORD,
& BROADWAY,
743 745
NEW YORK.
1890.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
I.
The Aryan Controversy
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VI CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
IV.
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The Aryan Race PAGE
§ I. The Permanence ofRace . 197
§ 2. The MutabilityofLanguage 204
§ 3. The Finnic Hypothesis 213
§ 4. The Basques 217
§ 5. The Northern Races 226
CHAPTER
V.
The Evolution of Aryan Speech-
§ I. The Aryan Languages 251
§ 2. Dialect and Language 261
§ 3. The Lost Aryan Languages 267
§ 4. The Wave Theory . 269
§ 5. Language and Race 273
§ 6. The Genesis ofAryan Speech 282
CHAPTER
VI.
The Aryan Mythology
299
INDEX
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