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34 LECTURE II.
LECTUKE II.
RELATIVE POSITION OF THE CELTIC AND TEUTONIC RACES-
PROBABLE COURSE OF THE ORIGINAL CELTIC POPULATION
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND— HIGHLAND NAMES AND
THEIR ORIGIN.
The early history of the Celtic races presents us
with a subject of very deep interest. Being, as
they were, among the first inhabitants of Eu-
rope, they cannot but have left traces in its after
history. It was at one time a kind of fashion
to deny the existence of any Celtic influence in
moulding the social systems of modern Europe.
The researches of German scholars are, how-
ever, giving the current of thought a different
direction ; and writers of eminence in that
country are now disposed to give to the Celtic
element its own place at least in forming the
edifice of European society.
The testimony of Scripture and the investiga-
tions of science unite in pointing to the East as
the cradle of the human race. There, amidst the
valleys and head-waters of the Euphrates and
LECTUKE II.
RELATIVE POSITION OF THE CELTIC AND TEUTONIC RACES-
PROBABLE COURSE OF THE ORIGINAL CELTIC POPULATION
OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND— HIGHLAND NAMES AND
THEIR ORIGIN.
The early history of the Celtic races presents us
with a subject of very deep interest. Being, as
they were, among the first inhabitants of Eu-
rope, they cannot but have left traces in its after
history. It was at one time a kind of fashion
to deny the existence of any Celtic influence in
moulding the social systems of modern Europe.
The researches of German scholars are, how-
ever, giving the current of thought a different
direction ; and writers of eminence in that
country are now disposed to give to the Celtic
element its own place at least in forming the
edifice of European society.
The testimony of Scripture and the investiga-
tions of science unite in pointing to the East as
the cradle of the human race. There, amidst the
valleys and head-waters of the Euphrates and
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Description | A 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. |
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Description | Selected 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. |
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