The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 301
Ant. Scot, vol. iii. p.288.) XVII. CULTUBE AND THE WANT OE IT IN THE SAMEMAN :—THE PEODUCTS OF HIGH CIVILISA-TIONS DO NOT SHOW A COMPLETE HAEMONYOE EEEEDOM EEOM INCONSISTENCY. (Page 147.) The following woodcut furnishes a curious illustration of theway in which the evidence of culture may co-exist… … Fig. 148.—Deaths Head and Motto from a Grave-slab in the Burial-groundof Elgin Cathedral. Both the motto and the lettering represent a fair degree ofculture, far above that of any people whom we could call savage. But the Deaths Head, however looked at, is just such athins as we might believe to be…
Archaeology · Civilization
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