Edward Burnett Tylor - Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain...

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Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.

Edward Burnett Tylor

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Jeder weiß, wie der Schnee in den Tälern der Alpen liegt und bildet eine Ebene, die zum Abfluss hin allmählich abfällt. Stellen Sie sich ein solches Tal vor, das sich über zehn Meilen erstreckt, mit einer solchen abfallenden Ebene, nicht aus Schnee, sondern aus Erde.

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