Excerpt from British Manufacturing Industries It would probably be too much to say that the more primitive peoples had always some representative pur pose in what they wore in the way of personal adorn ment; but that they appear to have had an instructive appreciation of the fitness of what they were for the purpose for which they wore it, may be safely asserted indeed just as much as the tattooed badges Of the Chieftain recorded his deeds and marked his rank in his tribe, or nation, or the decorations of civilized society ...
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Excerpt from British Manufacturing Industries It would probably be too much to say that the more primitive peoples had always some representative pur pose in what they wore in the way of personal adorn ment; but that they appear to have had an instructive appreciation of the fitness of what they were for the purpose for which they wore it, may be safely asserted indeed just as much as the tattooed badges Of the Chieftain recorded his deeds and marked his rank in his tribe, or nation, or the decorations of civilized society mark the conventional position, or the actual public services of the wearer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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