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Page 70
... moral discipline , established as habit before it can be justified as a rational human necessity , was fundamental to human development . Here again , the practice of a surviving primitive people , the Eualayi of Australia , provides an ...
... moral discipline , established as habit before it can be justified as a rational human necessity , was fundamental to human development . Here again , the practice of a surviving primitive people , the Eualayi of Australia , provides an ...
Page 272
... moral was not lost on contemporary craftsmen and traders . The Venetian merchant , Louis Cornaro , in his classic essay on attaining longevity , took this regularity and abstemiousness to be the guarantee not only of a fruitful life but ...
... moral was not lost on contemporary craftsmen and traders . The Venetian merchant , Louis Cornaro , in his classic essay on attaining longevity , took this regularity and abstemiousness to be the guarantee not only of a fruitful life but ...
Page 289
... moral discipline that only rarely could be achieved after the eighteenth century . Although Leonardo , for example , invented the submarine , he de- liberately suppressed this invention " on account of the evil nature of men , who would ...
... moral discipline that only rarely could be achieved after the eighteenth century . Although Leonardo , for example , invented the submarine , he de- liberately suppressed this invention " on account of the evil nature of men , who would ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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