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Page 132
... earlier developments elsewhere . For the long series of experiments needed for the cultivation and im- provement of plants , one must assume a margin of safety from starvation : and only large runs of fish , like salmon , which can be ...
... earlier developments elsewhere . For the long series of experiments needed for the cultivation and im- provement of plants , one must assume a margin of safety from starvation : and only large runs of fish , like salmon , which can be ...
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... earlier date . In this way the original practices of the megamachine began to pervade even the more humane institutions derived from an earlier economy . Both kinds of technics had their virtues and their disadvantages . Demo- cratic ...
... earlier date . In this way the original practices of the megamachine began to pervade even the more humane institutions derived from an earlier economy . Both kinds of technics had their virtues and their disadvantages . Demo- cratic ...
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... earlier and sounder than the belief that tool - making shaped his whole development . Huxley , Julian S. Man Stands Alone . New York : 1927 . Returns with abundant evidence to the earlier belief in the uniqueness of man , which had been ...
... earlier and sounder than the belief that tool - making shaped his whole development . Huxley , Julian S. Man Stands Alone . New York : 1927 . Returns with abundant evidence to the earlier belief in the uniqueness of man , which had been ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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