Civilization on TrialThirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems. |
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... Communism was heard of , our ancestors found their bugbear in Islam . As lately as the sixteenth century , Islam inspired the same hysteria in Western hearts as Com- munism in the twentieth century , and this essentially for the same ...
... Communism was heard of , our ancestors found their bugbear in Islam . As lately as the sixteenth century , Islam inspired the same hysteria in Western hearts as Com- munism in the twentieth century , and this essentially for the same ...
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... Communism appear a desirable alternative way of life to a dissatisfied faction of Western men and women . Communism is also a competitor for the allegiance of that great majority of mankind that is neither Com- munist nor Capitalist ...
... Communism appear a desirable alternative way of life to a dissatisfied faction of Western men and women . Communism is also a competitor for the allegiance of that great majority of mankind that is neither Com- munist nor Capitalist ...
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... Communism may come to seem a small affair when the probably far more potent civilizations of India and China respond in their turn to our Western challenge . In the long run India and China seem likely to produce much deeper effects on ...
... Communism may come to seem a small affair when the probably far more potent civilizations of India and China respond in their turn to our Western challenge . In the long run India and China seem likely to produce much deeper effects on ...
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My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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