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Page 119
... habitat , by other parts of man's own nature , and by other organisms , it knows no limits : it expands for expansion's sake . Thus the vulgar form of imperial- ism , which resulted in the temporary subjugation of the major territories ...
... habitat , by other parts of man's own nature , and by other organisms , it knows no limits : it expands for expansion's sake . Thus the vulgar form of imperial- ism , which resulted in the temporary subjugation of the major territories ...
Page 309
... habitat all have happy human associations - in contrast to imprisonment , limitation of movement , sessile ... habitats . Those committed to these megastructures will conduct their existence as if in interplanetary SPACE TRAVAIL 309.
... habitat all have happy human associations - in contrast to imprisonment , limitation of movement , sessile ... habitats . Those committed to these megastructures will conduct their existence as if in interplanetary SPACE TRAVAIL 309.
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... habitat . If during the next generation the destructive forces accelerated by science can be brought under control before they have permanently dam- aged the planet , it will be because the new organic model of ecological association ...
... habitat . If during the next generation the destructive forces accelerated by science can be brought under control before they have permanently dam- aged the planet , it will be because the new organic model of ecological association ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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