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Page 157
... village was a rooted community ; and because its roots went deep it tapped still deeper sources in man's past , preserving , like cul- tivated flowers whose wild forms are no longer known , some of the earliest -though of course ...
... village was a rooted community ; and because its roots went deep it tapped still deeper sources in man's past , preserving , like cul- tivated flowers whose wild forms are no longer known , some of the earliest -though of course ...
Page 164
... village and the family to the vertical plane of a whole society . The new community formed a hierarchic structure , a social pyramid , which from base to pinnacle included many families , many villages , many oc- cupations , often many ...
... village and the family to the vertical plane of a whole society . The new community formed a hierarchic structure , a social pyramid , which from base to pinnacle included many families , many villages , many oc- cupations , often many ...
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... village in every dimension , importing raw materials greater distances , rapidly introducing new techniques , mixing different racial and national types . In ' The City in History ' I have paid due tribute to these collective ...
... village in every dimension , importing raw materials greater distances , rapidly introducing new techniques , mixing different racial and national types . In ' The City in History ' I have paid due tribute to these collective ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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