H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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... ruling class of inventive personalities who were capable of sustained imaginative response to challenges and opportunities in the natural and social environment . The society growing under their leadership Wells defined as a " community ...
... ruling class of inventive personalities who were capable of sustained imaginative response to challenges and opportunities in the natural and social environment . The society growing under their leadership Wells defined as a " community ...
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... ruling classes , in the changing balance of political power , began to lose their grip , yielding to a new race of vote - catching democrat- ic politicians and bosses . Change occurred so rapidly that it was impossible , even with the ...
... ruling classes , in the changing balance of political power , began to lose their grip , yielding to a new race of vote - catching democrat- ic politicians and bosses . Change occurred so rapidly that it was impossible , even with the ...
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... ruling idea of which I stand in need , the ruling idea that reconciles and adjudi- cates among my warring motives . In it I find both concen- tration of myself and escape from myself , in a word , I find Salvation . " The doctrine of ...
... ruling idea of which I stand in need , the ruling idea that reconciles and adjudi- cates among my warring motives . In it I find both concen- tration of myself and escape from myself , in a word , I find Salvation . " The doctrine of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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