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Maori and Polynesian: their origin, history and culture

The Colossal-stone Record goes back Thousands — of Years

The Colossal-stone Record goes back Thousands
of Years

(5) Now, of the records of this later or more rapidly progressive stone age none have been so enduring or impressive in effect on the imagination of cultivated man as the great unmortared stone monuments that have kept their heads erect through thousands of years in many parts of the world. They have been the wonder of all the generations of historic men. And around them mystery after mystery page 3has been woven by the imagination of succeeding races, each attributing them to its predecessors, and adding a supernatural or religious atmosphere to the legend of their origin.