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... success- ful , these feats would be nothing compared to the deepening of conscious- ness and the widening of purpose that the history of a single primitive tribe has brought into existence . Comets travel as fast as man can probably ...
... success- ful , these feats would be nothing compared to the deepening of conscious- ness and the widening of purpose that the history of a single primitive tribe has brought into existence . Comets travel as fast as man can probably ...
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... success that for long was denied him in the reconstruction of his natural habitat . But there was a negative side to this whole effort that one must not over- look : an aspect that is still visible today . The author of ' Philosophy in ...
... success that for long was denied him in the reconstruction of his natural habitat . But there was a negative side to this whole effort that one must not over- look : an aspect that is still visible today . The author of ' Philosophy in ...
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... success of the venture ; and here , too , youth was probably a greater qualification than age and experience . Leadership and loyalty , those keys to military success and large- scale organization , flourished in this milieu . Both were ...
... success of the venture ; and here , too , youth was probably a greater qualification than age and experience . Leadership and loyalty , those keys to military success and large- scale organization , flourished in this milieu . Both were ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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