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... explorations in space would still be closer to a comet's restricted possibilities than to his own historic development ; whereas his earliest attempts at self - exploration 34 THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN.
... explorations in space would still be closer to a comet's restricted possibilities than to his own historic development ; whereas his earliest attempts at self - exploration 34 THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN.
Page 101
... EXPLORATION In collecting food man was also incited to collect information . The two pursuits went together . Being imitative as well as curious , he may have learned trapping from the spider , basketry from the birds ' nests , dam ...
... EXPLORATION In collecting food man was also incited to collect information . The two pursuits went together . Being imitative as well as curious , he may have learned trapping from the spider , basketry from the birds ' nests , dam ...
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... exploration of his environment . It was this foraging activity , with its limited need for tools , that possibly accounts for the slowness in their improvement . His best extraneous tools , for long his only ones , were , as Daryll ...
... exploration of his environment . It was this foraging activity , with its limited need for tools , that possibly accounts for the slowness in their improvement . His best extraneous tools , for long his only ones , were , as Daryll ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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