2. RICHARD LAASCH, Der Eid (Stuttgart, 1908). Laasch gives some
examples of the oath in America. They are, however,
remarkably few as compared to the vast material collected by
him from the Old World.
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An exposition of BASTIAN’S point of view may be found in TH.
ACHELIS, Moderne Völkerkunde (Stuttgart, 1896), pp. 189 _et
seq._
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