Word: loth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...burdock by members of their sacred caste could not be displeasing to the god, and did not need to be destroyed, to ward off evil, as did the popular writings. Furthermore, we can hardly conceive of a university func- tioning without a written language; and we know how loth the Inca people would have been to hinder in any way the workings of their beloved and revered institution of learning. Therefore it seems safe to conclude that the term "by the people" in the proclamation did not apply to the priests and their neophytes, and that the language was thus...