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... effort . In that effort language itself , by its very successes , happily furnished the extra incentive needed . This linguistic concentration may well explain the relative slowness in fabricating other necessary instruments of culture ...
... effort . In that effort language itself , by its very successes , happily furnished the extra incentive needed . This linguistic concentration may well explain the relative slowness in fabricating other necessary instruments of culture ...
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... effort needed acted as a counter - discipline to the spasmodic life of the hunter : then , too , the intractability of the hard materials made the craftsman come to terms with his environment and realize the impotence of purely ...
... effort needed acted as a counter - discipline to the spasmodic life of the hunter : then , too , the intractability of the hard materials made the craftsman come to terms with his environment and realize the impotence of purely ...
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... effort in order to achieve a distant reward , as opposed to the pleasure principle of obeying momen- tary impulse and expecting an immediate response , with little effort . If paleolithic man had been as indifferent to stone as ...
... effort in order to achieve a distant reward , as opposed to the pleasure principle of obeying momen- tary impulse and expecting an immediate response , with little effort . If paleolithic man had been as indifferent to stone as ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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