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... performed in concert until gesture and sound were sufficiently shaped to be detached and passed on . Now it would not be surprising if these first efforts at expression - unlike direct signals were for no practical purpose whatever ...
... performed in concert until gesture and sound were sufficiently shaped to be detached and passed on . Now it would not be surprising if these first efforts at expression - unlike direct signals were for no practical purpose whatever ...
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... perform the maximum amount of work with the least immediate expendi- ture of human effort . Labor - saving had no part in the institution of the earliest machines : just the contrary , they were ... performed by THE INVISIBLE MACHINE 193.
... perform the maximum amount of work with the least immediate expendi- ture of human effort . Labor - saving had no part in the institution of the earliest machines : just the contrary , they were ... performed by THE INVISIBLE MACHINE 193.
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... performed in a social setting . In this archaic economy there was a time to toil and a time to relax : a time to fast and a time to feast : a time for disciplined effort , and a time for irresponsible play . In identifying himself with ...
... performed in a social setting . In this archaic economy there was a time to toil and a time to relax : a time to fast and a time to feast : a time for disciplined effort , and a time for irresponsible play . In identifying himself with ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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