H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 65
... thinking men , in- > cluding Wells , of an authentic horror of nature . Equated with reason by the philosophes of the Enlightenment , wor- shiped as a goddess by many Romantics , " nature " had en- joyed the best possible reputation for ...
... thinking men , in- > cluding Wells , of an authentic horror of nature . Equated with reason by the philosophes of the Enlightenment , wor- shiped as a goddess by many Romantics , " nature " had en- joyed the best possible reputation for ...
Page 97
... thinking he placed his deepest hopes for the salva- tion of the species . In this sense he was a generation's " stinks master , " and in no other . " Science stands , a too competent servant , " he wrote in 1905 , " behind her wran ...
... thinking he placed his deepest hopes for the salva- tion of the species . In this sense he was a generation's " stinks master , " and in no other . " Science stands , a too competent servant , " he wrote in 1905 , " behind her wran ...
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... thinking and living on a world scale . Prewar generations had grown up thinking and living in terms of classes and nation - states ; insofar as they had seen the rest of humanity at all , they had seen it from cramped , warped local ...
... thinking and living on a world scale . Prewar generations had grown up thinking and living in terms of classes and nation - states ; insofar as they had seen the rest of humanity at all , they had seen it from cramped , warped local ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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