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... performed in concert until gesture and sound were sufficiently shaped to be detached and passed on . Now it would not be surprising if these first efforts at expression - unlike direct signals — were for no practical purpose whatever ...
... performed in concert until gesture and sound were sufficiently shaped to be detached and passed on . Now it would not be surprising if these first efforts at expression - unlike direct signals — were for no practical purpose whatever ...
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... perform the maximum amount of work with the least immediate expendi- ture of human effort . Labor - saving had no part in the institution of the earliest machines : just the contrary , they were ... performed by THE INVISIBLE MACHINE 193.
... perform the maximum amount of work with the least immediate expendi- ture of human effort . Labor - saving had no part in the institution of the earliest machines : just the contrary , they were ... performed by THE INVISIBLE MACHINE 193.
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... performed by hand . National conscription , if not serfdom or slavery , was an essential part of the system : essential as a source of sufficient energy . Even the priesthood , Erman tells us , was not absolved from forced labor . The ...
... performed by hand . National conscription , if not serfdom or slavery , was an essential part of the system : essential as a source of sufficient energy . Even the priesthood , Erman tells us , was not absolved from forced labor . The ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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