H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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... creative elite , a small 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 ...
... creative elite , a small 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 ...
Page 143
... creative possibilities and as its defenses were wrecked by challenges from outside the pale of its influence . The creative élan of its founders rarely recurred in its de- fenders . In the case of both empires and religions the early ...
... creative possibilities and as its defenses were wrecked by challenges from outside the pale of its influence . The creative élan of its founders rarely recurred in its de- fenders . In the case of both empires and religions the early ...
Page 165
... creative and managerial work of the world . At first , in Anticipations , membership in the elite was limited to scientists , engineers , and physicians , men of scientific training who would become " at last con- sciously the state ...
... creative and managerial work of the world . At first , in Anticipations , membership in the elite was limited to scientists , engineers , and physicians , men of scientific training who would become " at last con- sciously the state ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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