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... original place of emission , and farther and farther away in time from its original date of issue , it grows weaker and weaker . The Latin version of Greek literature is palpably inferior to the Greek original ; and similarly , but to a ...
... original place of emission , and farther and farther away in time from its original date of issue , it grows weaker and weaker . The Latin version of Greek literature is palpably inferior to the Greek original ; and similarly , but to a ...
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... original sin ; and this leads to another consideration : so long as original sin re- mains an element in human nature , Caesar will always have work to do , and there will still be Caesar's things to be rendered to Caesar , as well as ...
... original sin ; and this leads to another consideration : so long as original sin re- mains an element in human nature , Caesar will always have work to do , and there will still be Caesar's things to be rendered to Caesar , as well as ...
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... original associations . In these cir- cumstances , " one man's meat " can become " another man's poison . " In the set of encounters between the world and the West which is the subject of this book , there is a classical example of the ...
... original associations . In these cir- cumstances , " one man's meat " can become " another man's poison . " In the set of encounters between the world and the West which is the subject of this book , there is a classical example of the ...
Contents
CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL Acknowledgments | 9 |
Preface | 11 |
My View of History | 15 |
Copyright | |
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