H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 49
... crisis in civilization , overwhelmed Wells ' congenital op- timism and ruined him as a literary artist . If the account of his career given above seems to make too much of one side of a many - sided personality , it is only because ...
... crisis in civilization , overwhelmed Wells ' congenital op- timism and ruined him as a literary artist . If the account of his career given above seems to make too much of one side of a many - sided personality , it is only because ...
Page 73
... crisis in civilization was no more sinister , and no less , than any life - and - death crisis in the history of any species . Adaptation would be rewarded by survival and perhaps an increment in human power . Failure could result in ...
... crisis in civilization was no more sinister , and no less , than any life - and - death crisis in the history of any species . Adaptation would be rewarded by survival and perhaps an increment in human power . Failure could result in ...
Page 271
... crisis in contemporary Western civilization . As the present study has tried to show , he was a student of the crisis before the debacle of 1914-18 . In his prewar novels and journalism he issued warnings by the dozen on nearly all the ...
... crisis in contemporary Western civilization . As the present study has tried to show , he was a student of the crisis before the debacle of 1914-18 . In his prewar novels and journalism he issued warnings by the dozen on nearly all the ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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