 | Herbert Spencer - 1877 - 850 էջ
...him. Formerly in Congo, " when the king was buried a dozen young maids leapt into the grave * * * and were buried alive to serve him in the other world....their own ; and to murder one another. On one occasion 285 of the women were thus killed before the new king could stop it."* Respecting these immolations,... | |
 | Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen - 1881 - 690 էջ
...it" Forrnerly in Congo , wheu the king was //buried, a dozen young maids leapt into the grave, and were buried alive- to serve "him in the other world....own ; and to murder one another. On one //occasion 285 of the women were thus killed before the new king could stop it" (2S). (-') Max Muller (Essays... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1891 - 962 էջ
...him. Formerly in Congo, " when the king was buried a dozen young maids leapt into the grave . . . and were buried' alive to serve him in the other world....And in Dahomey, immediately the king dies, his wives THE IDEAS OP ANOTHER LIFE. 189 begin to destroy all his furniture and things of value, as well as their... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 918 էջ
...him. Formerly in Congo, " when the king was buried a dozen young maids leapt into the grave . . . and were buried alive to serve him in the other world....furniture and things of value, as well as their own; ami to murder one another. On one occasion 285 of the women were thus killed before the new king could... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 946 էջ
...him. Formerly in Congo, " when the king was buried a dozen young maids leapt into the grave . . . and were buried alive to serve him in the other world. These maids were then so eager for this sen'ice to their deceased prince, that, iu striving who should be first, they killed one another."... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1916 - 894 էջ
...him. Formerly in Congo, " when the king was buried a dozen voting maids leapt into the grave . . . and were buried alive to serve him in the other world. These maids were then go eager for this service to their deceased prince, that, in striving who should be first, they killed... | |
 | Lester Frank Ward - 1920 - 724 էջ
...Formerly in Congo. 4 when the king was buried, a dozen young maids leaped into the grave . . . and were buried alive to serve him in the other world. These maids were then so ea^er for this scrO vice to their deceased prince that, in striving who should be first, they killed... | |
 | Frank Johnston - 1925 - 376 էջ
...* * Formerly in Congo'when the King was buried, a dozen young maids leapt into the grave * * * and were buried alive to serve him in the other world....striving who should be first, they killed one another.'" (Principles of Sociology, Vol. I, p. 188, Section 104.) Speaking of the mind and morality of a savage,... | |
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In Africa it is the same. Among the Yorubans, at the funeral of a great man, not only are slaves slain, but " many of his friends swallow poison," and are entombed with him. Formerly in Congo, " when the king was buried a dozen young maids leapt into... 