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... operations that turned rivers , dug canals , built walls . As with modern technology , the machine tended increasingly to dictate the purpose to be served , and to exclude other more intimate human needs . These human machines were by ...
... operations that turned rivers , dug canals , built walls . As with modern technology , the machine tended increasingly to dictate the purpose to be served , and to exclude other more intimate human needs . These human machines were by ...
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... operations under the direct control of the participants , following a customary pattern , in a familiar environment : but it was at the mercy of local conditions and could suffer grievously from natural causes , ignorance , or bad ...
... operations under the direct control of the participants , following a customary pattern , in a familiar environment : but it was at the mercy of local conditions and could suffer grievously from natural causes , ignorance , or bad ...
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... operation , which was only a part of a series of such operations that was the worker's lot . Each specialized trade , precisely through its specialization , now ac- quired its typical ' occupational disabilities ' — its lopsided posture ...
... operation , which was only a part of a series of such operations that was the worker's lot . Each specialized trade , precisely through its specialization , now ac- quired its typical ' occupational disabilities ' — its lopsided posture ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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