autochthonic

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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

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.

He sees the Gothic architecture spring high, spontaneous and autochthonic, first in the territory of Paris and thence spread outwards in a ring to the Scotch Highlands and to the Rhine.

From Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" by Belloc, Hilaire

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

From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie

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)