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Page 165
... technical and the social components of ' civilization ' made their appearance at almost the same time in the classic river valleys from the Nile to the Hwang Ho ; and if the mixture of a diversity of needs and inventions was responsible ...
... technical and the social components of ' civilization ' made their appearance at almost the same time in the classic river valleys from the Nile to the Hwang Ho ; and if the mixture of a diversity of needs and inventions was responsible ...
Page 249
... technical accomplishments our own age has ungratefully assimilated without even noticing , let me point out the one massive cause for both industrial and social retardation that the technical historians have so far slighted : a far more ...
... technical accomplishments our own age has ungratefully assimilated without even noticing , let me point out the one massive cause for both industrial and social retardation that the technical historians have so far slighted : a far more ...
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... Technical progress , an- cient contribution to , Throwing stick , 114 Urban revolution , 15 , 163 Voltaire , 167. Sun ... Technical backwardness , ancient , 243 Technical development , primeval phase of , 101 ; sources of , 72 Technical ...
... Technical progress , an- cient contribution to , Throwing stick , 114 Urban revolution , 15 , 163 Voltaire , 167. Sun ... Technical backwardness , ancient , 243 Technical development , primeval phase of , 101 ; sources of , 72 Technical ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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