Civilization on TrialThirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems. |
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... possible to acclimatize themselves sufficiently to bring up their children in the tropics ; and this meant that the hold of Europeans upon the tropics had not been made independent of a European base of operations . Finally , the ...
... possible to acclimatize themselves sufficiently to bring up their children in the tropics ; and this meant that the hold of Europeans upon the tropics had not been made independent of a European base of operations . Finally , the ...
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... possible view of the relation between Christianity and civilization - not the same view as that held in common by Gibbon and Frazer , not the view that Christianity has been the destroyer of civilization , but an alternative view in ...
... possible view of the relation between Christianity and civilization - not the same view as that held in common by Gibbon and Frazer , not the view that Christianity has been the destroyer of civilization , but an alternative view in ...
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... possible for God , we can declare with assurance that it is not possible for the soul to treat its relations in this world with other souls as being of no importance in themselves , but as being merely a means to its own salvation . So ...
... possible for God , we can declare with assurance that it is not possible for the soul to treat its relations in this world with other souls as being of no importance in themselves , but as being merely a means to its own salvation . So ...
Contents
My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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