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Page 96
... possible misuses of words through semantic confusion and magical misapplication - perhaps because it has specialized in the debasement of language through un- scrupulous political and commercial deceptions — let me stress rather the ...
... possible misuses of words through semantic confusion and magical misapplication - perhaps because it has specialized in the debasement of language through un- scrupulous political and commercial deceptions — let me stress rather the ...
Page 139
... possible . Despite seasonal fluctuations in yield due to floods or droughts , the cultivation of grains made man assured of his daily nourish- ment , provided he worked steadily and consecutively , as he had never been certain of the ...
... possible . Despite seasonal fluctuations in yield due to floods or droughts , the cultivation of grains made man assured of his daily nourish- ment , provided he worked steadily and consecutively , as he had never been certain of the ...
Page 159
... possible for these funda- mental human achievements to survive every natural disaster or human crisis . Great cities might be levelled to the ground , their temples ransacked , their libraries and records burned : but the village at ...
... possible for these funda- mental human achievements to survive every natural disaster or human crisis . Great cities might be levelled to the ground , their temples ransacked , their libraries and records burned : but the village at ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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