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CHAPTER IV.
THE IDEA OF LOCAL PROXIMITY CONNECTS US
WITH OUR INVOLUNTARY MENTAL AND
BODILY AFFECTIONS : THE USE FOR THAT
PURPOSE OF THE PREPOSITION AIR, ON.
LEt me try to realise the Celt's first dim,
glimmering consciousness of ethical and re-
ligious thought. The things which are mine,
however acquired, are the things which I lay
up unto myself. They may have become
mine because, hitherto unappropriated by
another, I may have been the first to take
possession of them ; they may have become
mine by conquest ; or I may have acquired
them by purchase, or barter, possibly by
inheritance, or even by gift. Any how,
they are mine : I gather them around me ;
and, to keep them in my possession, I keep
them as near me as I can : they are the

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Vestigia celtica
DescriptionCeltic footprints in philology ethics and religion.
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Blair Collection
DescriptionA selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.