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... becomes the goal" — the early version of the even shallower notion that "the medium is the message." Both ideas can, however, be stated in a valid form: the 'going' does indeed become part of the goal and enlarges it: while the 'medium ...
... becomes the goal" — the early version of the even shallower notion that "the medium is the message." Both ideas can, however, be stated in a valid form: the 'going' does indeed become part of the goal and enlarges it: while the 'medium ...
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... become almost a badge of vocational superiority among scientists. "When the members of my department meet once a week at luncheon table," a physicist recently told me, "we never talk about our own work. It has become too private for ...
... become almost a badge of vocational superiority among scientists. "When the members of my department meet once a week at luncheon table," a physicist recently told me, "we never talk about our own work. It has become too private for ...
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... becoming a 'literary critic': in short, that vocational pigeon-holes would become increasingly meaningless as the 'Vocation of Man' became the focus of all activity. In this respect William Morris' life was as exemplary as Leonardo's. To ...
... becoming a 'literary critic': in short, that vocational pigeon-holes would become increasingly meaningless as the 'Vocation of Man' became the focus of all activity. In this respect William Morris' life was as exemplary as Leonardo's. To ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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