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... space . The cave was man's first cloister . But it is not by the light of burning wood that one must seek ancestral ... space , it became plain , too , that our own sun was but a speck in the Milky Way , which in turn was part of far ...
... space . The cave was man's first cloister . But it is not by the light of burning wood that one must seek ancestral ... space , it became plain , too , that our own sun was but a speck in the Milky Way , which in turn was part of far ...
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... space might make it possible for a few hardy astronauts to circumnavigate every planet in the solar system , or ... space voyages alter nothing except the distribution of energy . Man's most valiant explorations in space would still be ...
... space might make it possible for a few hardy astronauts to circumnavigate every planet in the solar system , or ... space voyages alter nothing except the distribution of energy . Man's most valiant explorations in space would still be ...
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... Space , extension , of , 30 Space - time , conquest of , 210 Space voyages , comet- like , 34 Spade , 156 339 Speech centers , damage to , 86 Speech defects , overcom- ing of , 86 Speed , desire for , 205 Speiser , Ephraim , 179 ...
... Space , extension , of , 30 Space - time , conquest of , 210 Space voyages , comet- like , 34 Spade , 156 339 Speech centers , damage to , 86 Speech defects , overcom- ing of , 86 Speed , desire for , 205 Speiser , Ephraim , 179 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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