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... creature lurking within . Coming at the turn of the tide in Western civilization , Bacon's predictions helped his followers ride on to fortune . The timeliness of Bacon's contribution should have saved him from a little of the ...
... creature lurking within . Coming at the turn of the tide in Western civilization , Bacon's predictions helped his followers ride on to fortune . The timeliness of Bacon's contribution should have saved him from a little of the ...
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... creature does not ' progress ' by increasing its rate of growth and becoming merely a bigger earthworm , or the begetter of vaster numbers of earthworms . In countless organisms keeping alive and reproducing , ' holding their own ...
... creature does not ' progress ' by increasing its rate of growth and becoming merely a bigger earthworm , or the begetter of vaster numbers of earthworms . In countless organisms keeping alive and reproducing , ' holding their own ...
Page 281
... intercommunication . Though for convenience one may talk about ' Man ' this is only a trick of speech : for except in a statistical sense no such uniform and universal creature exists . Up to now , THE TECHNIQUE OF TOTAL CONTROL 281.
... intercommunication . Though for convenience one may talk about ' Man ' this is only a trick of speech : for except in a statistical sense no such uniform and universal creature exists . Up to now , THE TECHNIQUE OF TOTAL CONTROL 281.
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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