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... never before imagined , power never wielded by man , speed never reached by anything but a meteor , had made the world nervous , querulous , unreasonable , afraid . " In a still more striking letter to his fellow- historian Henry Osborn ...
... never before imagined , power never wielded by man , speed never reached by anything but a meteor , had made the world nervous , querulous , unreasonable , afraid . " In a still more striking letter to his fellow- historian Henry Osborn ...
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... never before had either the incentive or the opportunity to exer- cise . While their liberties as men and citizens were curtailed by the need for maintaining military secrecy , their scope and authority as specialists were immensely ...
... never before had either the incentive or the opportunity to exer- cise . While their liberties as men and citizens were curtailed by the need for maintaining military secrecy , their scope and authority as specialists were immensely ...
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... never understood a thing about life - they have never felt its breath , its heartbeat - however much they have seen or done . They look on it as a lump of raw material that needs to be processed by them , to be ennobled by their touch ...
... never understood a thing about life - they have never felt its breath , its heartbeat - however much they have seen or done . They look on it as a lump of raw material that needs to be processed by them , to be ennobled by their touch ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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