H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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... idea of man and human nature and the conditions governing human progress , his thoughts on the meaning and uses of science , and his idea of an emergent " racial mind . " Whatever other currents of thought in- fluenced his fundamental ...
... idea of man and human nature and the conditions governing human progress , his thoughts on the meaning and uses of science , and his idea of an emergent " racial mind . " Whatever other currents of thought in- fluenced his fundamental ...
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... idea to idea , fact to fact , desire to desire . With a solemnity much more believable in print than it might have been in the irreverent squeak of his own voice , he concluded : I am a temporary enclosure for a temporary purpose ; that ...
... idea to idea , fact to fact , desire to desire . With a solemnity much more believable in print than it might have been in the irreverent squeak of his own voice , he concluded : I am a temporary enclosure for a temporary purpose ; that ...
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... idea of a universal science , crystallized by the ancient Greeks ; the idea of universal righteousness , of an ordained world order of peace and brotherhood , de- veloped by the principal world religions ; and the idea of a universal ...
... idea of a universal science , crystallized by the ancient Greeks ; the idea of universal righteousness , of an ordained world order of peace and brotherhood , de- veloped by the principal world religions ; and the idea of a universal ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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