2. Richard Laasch, Der Eid (Stuttgart, 1908). Laasch gives some examples of the oath in America. They are, however, remarkably few as compared to the vast material collected by him from the Old World.
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An exposition of Bastian’s point of view may be found in Th. Achelis, Moderne Völkerkunde (Stuttgart, 1896), pp. 189 et seq.
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1. Wilhelm Wundt, Völkerpsychologie (Leipzig, Engelmann).
2. Otto Stoll, Suggestion und Hypnotismus in der Völkerpsychologie (Leipzig, 1894).
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E. B. Tylor, Primitive Culture (3d ed., 1891), p. 16.
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