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... ultimate products and consummations . THE CONDITION OF MAN ( 1944 ) The last century , we all realize , has witnessed a radical transformation in the entire human environment , largely as a result of the impact of the mathematical and ...
... ultimate products and consummations . THE CONDITION OF MAN ( 1944 ) The last century , we all realize , has witnessed a radical transformation in the entire human environment , largely as a result of the impact of the mathematical and ...
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... ultimate proof of ' sovereign power ' and the supreme art of ' civilization . ' While the labor machine largely accounts for the rise of ' civilization , ' its counterpart , the military machine , was mainly respon- sible for the ...
... ultimate proof of ' sovereign power ' and the supreme art of ' civilization . ' While the labor machine largely accounts for the rise of ' civilization , ' its counterpart , the military machine , was mainly respon- sible for the ...
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... ultimate tendencies were largely concealed ; for they were both curbed by the stubborn rivalry and the formidable inertia of many other institutions . As late as the sixteenth century the theologians of the University of Paris denounced ...
... ultimate tendencies were largely concealed ; for they were both curbed by the stubborn rivalry and the formidable inertia of many other institutions . As late as the sixteenth century the theologians of the University of Paris denounced ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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