H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 12
... close at hand and cannot be evaded . " Some unsuspected limit to human adaptability had been reached . Before man could bring his affairs under the control of informed intelligence , the human race had arrived at an impasse . " The ...
... close at hand and cannot be evaded . " Some unsuspected limit to human adaptability had been reached . Before man could bring his affairs under the control of informed intelligence , the human race had arrived at an impasse . " The ...
Page 32
... close to our own , ready to come into being as our wills turn towards it , that I must needs go about this present world of disorder and darkness like an exile doing such feeble things as I can towards the world of my desire , now ...
... close to our own , ready to come into being as our wills turn towards it , that I must needs go about this present world of disorder and darkness like an exile doing such feeble things as I can towards the world of my desire , now ...
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... close friends , who had feared that an Order of Samurai might become in time , despite the rule of equality of oppor- tunity , a closed ruling clique , a power syndicate . There was no need , Wells thought , to imagine the world - state ...
... close friends , who had feared that an Order of Samurai might become in time , despite the rule of equality of oppor- tunity , a closed ruling clique , a power syndicate . There was no need , Wells thought , to imagine the world - state ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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