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... labor itself shared and intensified the primal curse of labor , which embittered and actually shortened life . With the ' advance ' of civiliza- tion , this system of brutalized toil , on the prison - model of the mine and the galley ...
... labor itself shared and intensified the primal curse of labor , which embittered and actually shortened life . With the ' advance ' of civiliza- tion , this system of brutalized toil , on the prison - model of the mine and the galley ...
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... labor , that in a garden , if performed more than a short time , dulls the mind . For while a whole day spent in gardening is the best of anodynes and the most benign of soporifics , the higher functions of the mind go to sleep after ...
... labor , that in a garden , if performed more than a short time , dulls the mind . For while a whole day spent in gardening is the best of anodynes and the most benign of soporifics , the higher functions of the mind go to sleep after ...
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Lewis Mumford. Labor organization , mili- tary pattern for , 216 Labor - freeing machines , 268 Labor - saving , 193 ; doubts about , 293 occupancy Lagado , Academy of , 75 La Magdeleine , [ 1 ] Land , stable of , 133 Landsberger , Benno ...
Lewis Mumford. Labor organization , mili- tary pattern for , 216 Labor - freeing machines , 268 Labor - saving , 193 ; doubts about , 293 occupancy Lagado , Academy of , 75 La Magdeleine , [ 1 ] Land , stable of , 133 Landsberger , Benno ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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