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... plants , the opium poppy and hemp - not discovered but spread further had long been a bane to man . And though the new stimulants , tea , coffee , yerba maté , must be largely counted as benefits , perhaps even as active contributors to ...
... plants , the opium poppy and hemp - not discovered but spread further had long been a bane to man . And though the new stimulants , tea , coffee , yerba maté , must be largely counted as benefits , perhaps even as active contributors to ...
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... plants , rooted in thousands of small village communities spread over the entire earth . All the higher achievements of civilization have rested on this partnership , one devoted to the constructive improvement of the habitat and the ...
... plants , rooted in thousands of small village communities spread over the entire earth . All the higher achievements of civilization have rested on this partnership , one devoted to the constructive improvement of the habitat and the ...
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... plants began with the fruit and nut trees , the mango and the durian , the olive and walnut and palm , the orange , and not least , if Henry Bailey Stevens prove right , the apple . Here in orchard and garden , a world in which life ...
... plants began with the fruit and nut trees , the mango and the durian , the olive and walnut and palm , the orange , and not least , if Henry Bailey Stevens prove right , the apple . Here in orchard and garden , a world in which life ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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