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that he no longer attaches importance to it. I do not 

 know what theory, if any, of the origin of the Swastika 

 now commends itself to him, nor whether he thinks it has 

 originated independently in several times and places, or 

 holds that it has one common origin. I am inclined to 

 favour the theory that the Swastika has been started by 

 the copying of the form of a natural object on the part of 

 a primitive race of men, and that this form has lent itself 

 to the invention of other badges and symbols besides that 

 known as the Swastika. I will explain this in the next 

 chapter. 



