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Lewis Mumford. CHAPTER TWELVE Pioneers in Mechanization 1 : THE BENEDICTINE BLESSING Now we come to one of the curious paradoxes of history : the fact that certain missing components , necessary to widen the province of the ma- chine ...
Lewis Mumford. CHAPTER TWELVE Pioneers in Mechanization 1 : THE BENEDICTINE BLESSING Now we come to one of the curious paradoxes of history : the fact that certain missing components , necessary to widen the province of the ma- chine ...
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... Benedictine system demonstrated how efficiently the daily work could be done , when it was collectively planned and ordered , when co- operation replaced coercion , and when the whole man - sexuality aside- was employed : above all ...
... Benedictine system demonstrated how efficiently the daily work could be done , when it was collectively planned and ordered , when co- operation replaced coercion , and when the whole man - sexuality aside- was employed : above all ...
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... Benedictine achievement of , 265 Bamboo , 154 ; varied uses of , 145 Bantu cultivators , 128 ' Barbarians , ' mechanical inventiveness of , 269 Bath tub , 250 ' Baton de commandement , ' 24 Beads , glass , 251 ; orna- mental iron , 111 ...
... Benedictine achievement of , 265 Bamboo , 154 ; varied uses of , 145 Bantu cultivators , 128 ' Barbarians , ' mechanical inventiveness of , 269 Bath tub , 250 ' Baton de commandement , ' 24 Beads , glass , 251 ; orna- mental iron , 111 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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