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... means , if he has the skill and courage to use them , of steering a course between charted rocks and reefs . It will ... mean no more than " Does history turn out to have repeated itself , on occasions , in the past ? " Or are we ...
... means , if he has the skill and courage to use them , of steering a course between charted rocks and reefs . It will ... mean no more than " Does history turn out to have repeated itself , on occasions , in the past ? " Or are we ...
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... means spiritual progress , and spirit means personality . Therefore religious progress must take place in the spiritual lives of personali- ties - it must show itself in their rising to a spiritually higher state and achieving a ...
... means spiritual progress , and spirit means personality . Therefore religious progress must take place in the spiritual lives of personali- ties - it must show itself in their rising to a spiritually higher state and achieving a ...
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... means to some end in another world for whose blissful denizens this world is a waste land beyond the pale . It is even harder to conceive of Him as deliberately charging this forlorn waste land of his alleged creation with sin and ...
... means to some end in another world for whose blissful denizens this world is a waste land beyond the pale . It is even harder to conceive of Him as deliberately charging this forlorn waste land of his alleged creation with sin and ...
Contents
CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL Acknowledgments | 9 |
Preface | 11 |
My View of History | 15 |
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