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... organic change , not as mere motion , but as the increase of sentience and self - directed activity , as the lengthening of memory , the expansion of consciousness , and the explora- tion of organic potentialities in patterns of ...
... organic change , not as mere motion , but as the increase of sentience and self - directed activity , as the lengthening of memory , the expansion of consciousness , and the explora- tion of organic potentialities in patterns of ...
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... organic advances ; for growth itself rests on the ability of the organism to produce a surplus of energy and organic capability well beyond that needed for bare survival . Here again the arbitrary Victorian principle of parsimony has ...
... organic advances ; for growth itself rests on the ability of the organism to produce a surplus of energy and organic capability well beyond that needed for bare survival . Here again the arbitrary Victorian principle of parsimony has ...
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... Organic aptitudes , trans- lation of , 115 Organic capabilities , man's exploration of , 7 Organic change , 31 Organic development , con- structive impulse to , 55 Organic duration , 33 Organic environment , man's enrichment by , 36 Organic ...
... Organic aptitudes , trans- lation of , 115 Organic capabilities , man's exploration of , 7 Organic change , 31 Organic development , con- structive impulse to , 55 Organic duration , 33 Organic environment , man's enrichment by , 36 Organic ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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