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Standards and Practices of Primitive Peoples.—Sayings and Doings of

Hindoos.—Teachings of the Mahabharata.—Harischandra and

Viswamitra, the Job and Satan of Hindoo Passion-Play.—Scandinavian

Legends.—Fridthjof and Ingeborg.—Persian Ideals.—Zoroastrian Heaven

and Hell.—"Home of Song," and "Home of the Lie."—Truth the Main

Cardinal Virtue with Egyptians.—No Hope for the Liar.—Ptah, "Lord

of Truth."—Truth Fundamental to Deity.—Relatively Low Standard

of Greeks.—Incidental Testimony of Herodotus.—Truthfulness of

Achilles.—Plato.—Aristotle.—Theognis.—Pindar.—Tragedy of

Philoctetes.—Roman Standard.—Cicero.—Marcus Aurelius.—German

Ideal.—Veracity a Primitive Conception.—Lie Abhorrent among Hill

Tribes of India.—Khonds.—Sonthals.—Todas.—Bheels.—Sowrahs.—

Tipperahs.—Arabs.—American Indians.—Patagonians.—Hottentots.—

East Africans.—Mandingoes.—Dyaks of Borneo—"Lying Heaps."—Veddahs

of Ceylon.—Javanese.—Lying Incident of Civilization.—Influence of

Spirit of Barter.—"Punic Faith."—False Philosophy of Morals.