H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 101
... Mind of the Race " as no more than a convenient figure of speech , equiv- alent to “ mankind ” or “ humanity " or ... mind , was man's highest self . The gospel of the racial mind invaded almost every novel Wells ever wrote . It appeared ...
... Mind of the Race " as no more than a convenient figure of speech , equiv- alent to “ mankind ” or “ humanity " or ... mind , was man's highest self . The gospel of the racial mind invaded almost every novel Wells ever wrote . It appeared ...
Page 112
... mind of the race.115 In The Sci- ence of Life ( 1929-30 ) Wells was able to define the social and political life of man entirely in terms of " super - minds . " All through history , he wrote , man had been striving toward some higher ...
... mind of the race.115 In The Sci- ence of Life ( 1929-30 ) Wells was able to define the social and political life of man entirely in terms of " super - minds . " All through history , he wrote , man had been striving toward some higher ...
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... mind . In the other , the mind itself reached out and increased its knowledge of its envi- ronment . Both were instances of learning . Even in the more limited sense of " education , ” to mean only the dissemination or transmission of ...
... mind . In the other , the mind itself reached out and increased its knowledge of its envi- ronment . Both were instances of learning . Even in the more limited sense of " education , ” to mean only the dissemination or transmission of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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