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Page 139
... possible . Despite seasonal fluctuations in yield due to floods or droughts , the cultivation of grains made man assured of his daily nourish- ment , provided he worked steadily and consecutively , as he had never been certain of the ...
... possible . Despite seasonal fluctuations in yield due to floods or droughts , the cultivation of grains made man assured of his daily nourish- ment , provided he worked steadily and consecutively , as he had never been certain of the ...
Page 284
... possible centuries before the steam engine came into common use , the central inventions , upon which every- thing else depended , were all made in Europe before the sixteenth cen- tury ; and these inventions profoundly changed the ...
... possible centuries before the steam engine came into common use , the central inventions , upon which every- thing else depended , were all made in Europe before the sixteenth cen- tury ; and these inventions profoundly changed the ...
Page 293
... possible . For the ac- cumulation of mechanical facilities had at last made it possible vastly to enlarge the scope of the megamachine , by progressively replacing the re- calcitrant and uncertain human components with specialized ...
... possible . For the ac- cumulation of mechanical facilities had at last made it possible vastly to enlarge the scope of the megamachine , by progressively replacing the re- calcitrant and uncertain human components with specialized ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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