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... royal machine , the dimensions of space and time were vastly enlarged : operations that once could hardly have been finished in centuries were now accomplished in less than a generation . On the level plains , man - made mountains of ...
... royal machine , the dimensions of space and time were vastly enlarged : operations that once could hardly have been finished in centuries were now accomplished in less than a generation . On the level plains , man - made mountains of ...
Page 205
... royal resources for assembling power . On the practical side , road - building and canal - building , which were the chief means for hastening transportation , have been all through history the favored form of royal public works : a ...
... royal resources for assembling power . On the practical side , road - building and canal - building , which were the chief means for hastening transportation , have been all through history the favored form of royal public works : a ...
Page 338
... royal , 185 Religion , 69 ; as outgrowth of ritual , 62 Religions , Axial , 256 ; ' Mother Goddess , ' [ 4 ] ; sky ... Royal economy , marks of , 167 Royal messages , 192 Royal power , absolutism of , 173 Royal Society , the , 280 Rubber ...
... royal , 185 Religion , 69 ; as outgrowth of ritual , 62 Religions , Axial , 256 ; ' Mother Goddess , ' [ 4 ] ; sky ... Royal economy , marks of , 167 Royal messages , 192 Royal power , absolutism of , 173 Royal Society , the , 280 Rubber ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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