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Page 192
... military organizations in which a relatively small body of hunters , roughly disciplined to obey their leader , were addressed to the task of controlling a much larger body of unorganized peasants . At all events , the type of mechanism ...
... military organizations in which a relatively small body of hunters , roughly disciplined to obey their leader , were addressed to the task of controlling a much larger body of unorganized peasants . At all events , the type of mechanism ...
Page 220
... military machine of great potency , capable of completely destroying massive walls , wrecking dams , razing cities and temples , were greatly enlarged by the genuine tri- umphs of the labor machine . But it is highly doubtful if these ...
... military machine of great potency , capable of completely destroying massive walls , wrecking dams , razing cities and temples , were greatly enlarged by the genuine tri- umphs of the labor machine . But it is highly doubtful if these ...
Page 290
... military preoccupations Leonardo did not stand alone : he was but one of a large group of highly inventive minds in Italy , France , and Germany , all devoted to military engineering , finding immediate service , if not a full use for ...
... military preoccupations Leonardo did not stand alone : he was but one of a large group of highly inventive minds in Italy , France , and Germany , all devoted to military engineering , finding immediate service , if not a full use for ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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