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... production of words introduced the first real economy of abundance , which provided for continuous production , replacement , and ceaseless in- vention , yet incorporated built - in controls that prevented the present - day malpractices ...
... production of words introduced the first real economy of abundance , which provided for continuous production , replacement , and ceaseless in- vention , yet incorporated built - in controls that prevented the present - day malpractices ...
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... production . The violin whose perfection was such a superb contribution , not only to baroque music , but to all later orchestral composition , was itself an extraordinary invention : for that deceptively simple - looking instru- ment ...
... production . The violin whose perfection was such a superb contribution , not only to baroque music , but to all later orchestral composition , was itself an extraordinary invention : for that deceptively simple - looking instru- ment ...
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... production without destroying esthetic sensibility or undermining personal creativity , the flowering of the arts that took place in Europe from the thirteenth century on might have gone on steadily . A genuine polytechnics was in the ...
... production without destroying esthetic sensibility or undermining personal creativity , the flowering of the arts that took place in Europe from the thirteenth century on might have gone on steadily . A genuine polytechnics was in the ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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