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... institutions at home, which nourished the hope that at least on the other side of the planet a fresh start might be made. On one hand the Christian missionaries sought to convert the heathen, by fire and sword if need be, to the gospel ...
... institutions at home, which nourished the hope that at least on the other side of the planet a fresh start might be made. On one hand the Christian missionaries sought to convert the heathen, by fire and sword if need be, to the gospel ...
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... institutional structures; and as it knits more closely together, seizing more power and governing wider areas, it tends to suppress original cultural differences that once, under feebler political institutions, were visible. From ...
... institutional structures; and as it knits more closely together, seizing more power and governing wider areas, it tends to suppress original cultural differences that once, under feebler political institutions, were visible. From ...
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... institutions presents a solid wall; for what is an institution but a closed society for the prevention of change? Hence the path of etherialization, so far from beginning with a new idea, starts at just the opposite end by attacking the ...
... institutions presents a solid wall; for what is an institution but a closed society for the prevention of change? Hence the path of etherialization, so far from beginning with a new idea, starts at just the opposite end by attacking the ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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