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... universal , will import these terminal disabilities into ever earlier stages of life : until at some ideal point the traits of infantilism will dissolve into those of senility without leaving a gap to be filled with anything that can ...
... universal , will import these terminal disabilities into ever earlier stages of life : until at some ideal point the traits of infantilism will dissolve into those of senility without leaving a gap to be filled with anything that can ...
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... Universal Man , ' Renascence examples of , 162 Universal society , higher potentialities of , 404 ; technological backwardness in realizing , 224 Universe , man's conquest of , 291 ; mathe- matical language of , 53 Universities ...
... Universal Man , ' Renascence examples of , 162 Universal society , higher potentialities of , 404 ; technological backwardness in realizing , 224 Universe , man's conquest of , 291 ; mathe- matical language of , 53 Universities ...
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... Universal Man , ' Renascence examples of , 162 Universal society , higher potentialities of , 404 ; technological backwardness in realizing , 224 Universe , man's conquest of , 291 ; mathe- matical language of , 53 Universities ...
... Universal Man , ' Renascence examples of , 162 Universal society , higher potentialities of , 404 ; technological backwardness in realizing , 224 Universe , man's conquest of , 291 ; mathe- matical language of , 53 Universities ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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