autochthonic

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You will certainly not adopt Niebuhr's autochthonic theory, where such facts lie before you.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Or was it original and autochthonic, independent, in its inception, of any external influences, and unconnected with any other institution?

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

From this invisible ground-plan rose something absolutely original and autochthonic.

From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie

There was nothing traditional, nothing archaic, nothing autochthonic in their poor art.

From An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; an Idyl of Saratoga by Howells, William Dean

But Lincoln, his times, his death—great as any, any age—belong altogether to our own, and our autochthonic.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt