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...from the rest of the world and has lived a solitary life, which does not tend to advancement. Nor have there been any great movements of peoples, as the crusades, which did so much for European civilization. While these great movements were going on in Europe, Japan lived a hermit's life and fell a century behind...
...religion degenerated into Brahamanism a religion of priests, of the worst form which became no longer vital with the people. A system of religious orders arose regulated by the most strenuous caste laws. In these orders there were four periods; that of the religious student; the householder; the forest hermit; and the wandering beggar. Of these orders the most important were the dualistic Sankhya philosophy, and the monistic, pantheistic Vedanta which recognized one supreme being in the universe of which every man's soul is not a part, but the being itself. All these teachings had the one practical purpose...
...purposes of warning, that is for keeping off the animals that are natural enemies. This is done either by a feigned resemblance to an animal of a different and often dangerous kind, or by an appearance of being wounded and therefore useless to an enemy. Pictures were shown of hermit-crabs, which attached to themselves sea-anemonies for the purpose of self-defence, the anemonies being offensive to hostile fishes. One picture represented a deep-sea fish which attracts its prey by a lure in the shape of a phosphorescent light; another showed a snap-turtle which lies for hours...
Modern Language Conference. (Last Meeting.) A French Dialect spoken about Baie des Chaleurs. Professor J. Geddes, of Boston University - The Middle English "The Hermit and the Outlawe." Professor Kittridge. Sever 2, 7.30 p. m. Open to all students in Modern Language courses...
Modern Language Conference. (Last Meeting.) A French Dialect spoken about Baie des Chaleurs. Professor J. Geddes, of Boston University - The Middle English "The Hermit and the Outlawe." Professor Kittridge. Sever 2, 7.30 p. m. Open to all students in Modern Language courses...