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... beginnings , to a time when the circumference of the world was no larger than the boundaries of a tribal territory and the men who lived within it depended personally on one another . Now , as man leaves this planet , he looks back on ...
... beginnings , to a time when the circumference of the world was no larger than the boundaries of a tribal territory and the men who lived within it depended personally on one another . Now , as man leaves this planet , he looks back on ...
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... beginnings . But , by and large , religion has been man's world ever since our forebears emerged as a distinct species . Women have generally been subjected to the invidious status of a minority . Male domination of the mythic ...
... beginnings . But , by and large , religion has been man's world ever since our forebears emerged as a distinct species . Women have generally been subjected to the invidious status of a minority . Male domination of the mythic ...
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