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... future in Heaven -a future not to be enjoyed by the whole community , since it also in- cluded for the wicked the possibility of an equally long but painful resi- dence in Hell . The notion of progress likewise had its roots , as ...
... future in Heaven -a future not to be enjoyed by the whole community , since it also in- cluded for the wicked the possibility of an equally long but painful resi- dence in Hell . The notion of progress likewise had its roots , as ...
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... future took possession of men's minds , not as a remote hope of deliverance in a remote static Heaven , but as a persistent presence and a realizable promise of further fulfillments . All organisms have much of their future embedded in ...
... future took possession of men's minds , not as a remote hope of deliverance in a remote static Heaven , but as a persistent presence and a realizable promise of further fulfillments . All organisms have much of their future embedded in ...
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... Future inventions , Bacon's account , 116 ' Future of Life , The , ' 288 ' Future of Man , The , ' 315 Futurism , 363 ' Futurist Manifesto , ' Marinetti's , 363 Futurists , Italian , 363 Gabo , Naum , [ 30 ] , [ 32 ] Gabor , Dennis ...
... Future inventions , Bacon's account , 116 ' Future of Life , The , ' 288 ' Future of Man , The , ' 315 Futurism , 363 ' Futurist Manifesto , ' Marinetti's , 363 Futurists , Italian , 363 Gabo , Naum , [ 30 ] , [ 32 ] Gabor , Dennis ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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