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... evidence of it into existence , just as an unqualified belief in a witch - doctor's powers often ensures the working of his magic curses or cures . Since the idea of progress had no way of accounting for new evils or regressions , it ...
... evidence of it into existence , just as an unqualified belief in a witch - doctor's powers often ensures the working of his magic curses or cures . Since the idea of progress had no way of accounting for new evils or regressions , it ...
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... evidence the words of an eminent scientist : a Nobel Prize winner , universally acclaimed by his fellow- biologists as a leader in his field . On the evidence of his writings he seems to have been a rational , ' normal ' personality ...
... evidence the words of an eminent scientist : a Nobel Prize winner , universally acclaimed by his fellow- biologists as a leader in his field . On the evidence of his writings he seems to have been a rational , ' normal ' personality ...
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... evidence . Yet despite these blockages , there have been intermittent , if not incessant , evidences of high creativity and genuine development , culminat- ing in symbolic personalities , mythical and natural , human and divine , that ...
... evidence . Yet despite these blockages , there have been intermittent , if not incessant , evidences of high creativity and genuine development , culminat- ing in symbolic personalities , mythical and natural , human and divine , that ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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