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... single institution or a single set of events for the full explanation of our present condition . All social phenomena , almost without ex- ception , are the result of a multitude of converging and interacting events ; and therefore to ...
... single institution or a single set of events for the full explanation of our present condition . All social phenomena , almost without ex- ception , are the result of a multitude of converging and interacting events ; and therefore to ...
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... single lifetime contains it ; no single culture can encompass all its potentialities . One cannot even partly understand the nature of man , unless one realizes that its roots lie buried in the debris of countless invisible lives and ...
... single lifetime contains it ; no single culture can encompass all its potentialities . One cannot even partly understand the nature of man , unless one realizes that its roots lie buried in the debris of countless invisible lives and ...
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... single narrow skill , men were content , not merely to become frag- ments of men , but to become fragments of fragments : the physician ceased to deal with the body as a whole and looked after a single organ , indeed , even in Dr Oliver ...
... single narrow skill , men were content , not merely to become frag- ments of men , but to become fragments of fragments : the physician ceased to deal with the body as a whole and looked after a single organ , indeed , even in Dr Oliver ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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