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... merely slavery but genocide gained ground with the New World exploration . Again , this practice was not unknown in Europe , for it had been employed with the sanction of the Church against the Albigensian heretics of Provence in the ...
... merely slavery but genocide gained ground with the New World exploration . Again , this practice was not unknown in Europe , for it had been employed with the sanction of the Church against the Albigensian heretics of Provence in the ...
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... merely was arbitrary political power , as exercised under kingship and feudal authority , curbed by representative government , but in New England at least there was a healthy development of communal autonomy , alike in the congregation ...
... merely was arbitrary political power , as exercised under kingship and feudal authority , curbed by representative government , but in New England at least there was a healthy development of communal autonomy , alike in the congregation ...
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... merely lacked them but purposely broke down any older methods such as a concern with fine workmanship or esthetic expression . Thanks to the proficiency of the machine , the problem of older societies , that of scarcity and ...
... merely lacked them but purposely broke down any older methods such as a concern with fine workmanship or esthetic expression . Thanks to the proficiency of the machine , the problem of older societies , that of scarcity and ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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