H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 135
... success in the second half of the twentieth century analogous to the success of Das Kapital and The Origin of Species in the sec- ond half of the nineteenth century . It explained the mechanics of human cooperation ; it defined the ...
... success in the second half of the twentieth century analogous to the success of Das Kapital and The Origin of Species in the sec- ond half of the nineteenth century . It explained the mechanics of human cooperation ; it defined the ...
Page 245
... success was fairly obvious . With Bernard Shaw , Graham Wallas , Sidney and Beatrice Webb , Bertrand Rus- sell , and many others , he helped to mobilize the intellectual attack on the Victorian social order ; and most of the Eng- land ...
... success was fairly obvious . With Bernard Shaw , Graham Wallas , Sidney and Beatrice Webb , Bertrand Rus- sell , and many others , he helped to mobilize the intellectual attack on the Victorian social order ; and most of the Eng- land ...
Page 269
... SUCCESS For all these reasons , in all these ways , Wells failed . Taken on his own terms , he failed . But taken on the less exacting terms of history , he also succeeded . It matters only a little ... Success 269 The Prophet as a Success.
... SUCCESS For all these reasons , in all these ways , Wells failed . Taken on his own terms , he failed . But taken on the less exacting terms of history , he also succeeded . It matters only a little ... Success 269 The Prophet as a Success.
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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