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Excerpt from Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo)
First, there is the difficulty Of getting reliable information regarding the Opinion of. The natives on things, as that opinion at present stands. Secondly, there is the difficulty of forming an opinion as to Why it stands in that form; whether it arises from the native's uninterrupted Observations Of Nature, modified by his peculiar form of intellect; or Whether it is a white idea primarily, but in a state modified by having passed through a generation or SO of African minds.
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