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Page 133
... established typically in equally self- governing cities , which provided for the education , the discipline , and the sustenance of their members , from youth to old age , in sickness and in health , and cared for the widows and orphans ...
... established typically in equally self- governing cities , which provided for the education , the discipline , and the sustenance of their members , from youth to old age , in sickness and in health , and cared for the widows and orphans ...
Page 149
... established in state - organized arsenals , most notably in Venice , centuries before the " industrial revolution . " It was not Arkwright , but Venetian urban officials in command of the arsenal , who first established the factory ...
... established in state - organized arsenals , most notably in Venice , centuries before the " industrial revolution . " It was not Arkwright , but Venetian urban officials in command of the arsenal , who first established the factory ...
Page 322
... established needs , but by multiplying the number and variety of putative needs , and by raising the ' standard of living ' - or more ac- curately by raising the standard of expenditure - throughout the whole population . That standard ...
... established needs , but by multiplying the number and variety of putative needs , and by raising the ' standard of living ' - or more ac- curately by raising the standard of expenditure - throughout the whole population . That standard ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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