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Page 147
... destruction of the neighboring environment, by its concentration upon the physico-chemical processes for obtaining the desired metal or fuel, and above all by its topographic and mental isolation from the organic world of the farmer and ...
... destruction of the neighboring environment, by its concentration upon the physico-chemical processes for obtaining the desired metal or fuel, and above all by its topographic and mental isolation from the organic world of the farmer and ...
Page 162
... destruction and conquest that enabled small gangs of resolute men to perform acts of both construction and destruction that had hitherto called for tens of thousands of brawny bodies. Not the least notable thing about Leonardo's mind ...
... destruction and conquest that enabled small gangs of resolute men to perform acts of both construction and destruction that had hitherto called for tens of thousands of brawny bodies. Not the least notable thing about Leonardo's mind ...
Page 324
... destruction. This was mass consumption with a vengeance. As a result of war itself, the economic center of gravity shifted to the State, that is, the national megamachine: and between repairing the destructions of the war itself, and ...
... destruction. This was mass consumption with a vengeance. As a result of war itself, the economic center of gravity shifted to the State, that is, the national megamachine: and between repairing the destructions of the war itself, and ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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