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Page 98
... noted when he pointed out that the slow improvement of ' Chellean ' tools was probably the sign of a failure as yet to achieve speech . This slowness , before language gave continuity and coherence to in- dividual experience by making ...
... noted when he pointed out that the slow improvement of ' Chellean ' tools was probably the sign of a failure as yet to achieve speech . This slowness , before language gave continuity and coherence to in- dividual experience by making ...
Page 101
... noted before , his biggest find and his first shapable artifact was himself . No chipped pebble before Homo sapiens appeared shows any comparable proof of his technical ability . 2 : THE OLD EXPLORATION In collecting food man was also ...
... noted before , his biggest find and his first shapable artifact was himself . No chipped pebble before Homo sapiens appeared shows any comparable proof of his technical ability . 2 : THE OLD EXPLORATION In collecting food man was also ...
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... noted , monks . Dreams of horseless car- riages , flying machines , apparatus for effecting instantaneous communica- tion , or transmuting the elements , multiplied . These fantasies were no doubt incited by such rudimentary machines as ...
... noted , monks . Dreams of horseless car- riages , flying machines , apparatus for effecting instantaneous communica- tion , or transmuting the elements , multiplied . These fantasies were no doubt incited by such rudimentary machines as ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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