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... past were extirpated - they were particularly hostile to Gothic architecture ! -all men would be moved and governed ... past and that only by moving away from the past as rapidly as possible could a better future be assured . There were ...
... past were extirpated - they were particularly hostile to Gothic architecture ! -all men would be moved and governed ... past and that only by moving away from the past as rapidly as possible could a better future be assured . There were ...
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... past beneficial innovations had been unable to break through the deep crust of custom . Even the highly rational Michel de Montaigne thought that bad institutions should be maintained , rather than that society should risk the dangers ...
... past beneficial innovations had been unable to break through the deep crust of custom . Even the highly rational Michel de Montaigne thought that bad institutions should be maintained , rather than that society should risk the dangers ...
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... past and his future did not originate in the present age , nor is it dependent upon an exclusive commitment to elec- tronic communication . The ancient name for this form of exerting central- ized control is ' the burning of the books ...
... past and his future did not originate in the present age , nor is it dependent upon an exclusive commitment to elec- tronic communication . The ancient name for this form of exerting central- ized control is ' the burning of the books ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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