H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 39
Page 130
... influence.19 His contributions to the campaigns against Greek and Latin , ancient history , and games were especially successful , and together with the efforts of many other men of letters cleared the ground for major curricular reform ...
... influence.19 His contributions to the campaigns against Greek and Latin , ancient history , and games were especially successful , and together with the efforts of many other men of letters cleared the ground for major curricular reform ...
Page 270
... influence . Wells happened to spe- cialize in ideas that have since become , for whatever reason , platitudinous - ideas like the " abolition of distance , ” the " change of scale , " the " race between education and catas- trophe ...
... influence . Wells happened to spe- cialize in ideas that have since become , for whatever reason , platitudinous - ideas like the " abolition of distance , ” the " change of scale , " the " race between education and catas- trophe ...
Page 273
... influence here should not be underestimated . His passion for science as an instrument of human salvation and his work as a popularizer of science cut him off from the sympathies of many sensitive twentieth - century intellec- tuals ...
... influence here should not be underestimated . His passion for science as an instrument of human salvation and his work as a popularizer of science cut him off from the sympathies of many sensitive twentieth - century intellec- tuals ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Anticipations Belloc Bernard Shaw biology British century chapter common creative critics democracy early economic edition Edwardian elite especially Experiment in Autobiography Fabian Society faith Gods Happiness of Mankind historian Homo sapiens human idea individual insisted integrated intellectual Invisible King Julian Huxley knowledge Last Things later literary living London Macmillan Men Like Gods ment mental Modern Utopia moral movement nature never novels Open Conspiracy Open Conspirators organization Outline of History political popular progress propaganda prophet of world prophetic career published race racial mind religion Samurai scale schools scientific romances scientists sense Shape of Things social philosophy socialist spirit T. H. Huxley thinker thinking thought tion twentieth twentieth-century universe Victorian Wallas Wealth and Happiness Wellsian Western whole William Clissold World Brain world crisis world encyclopedia World of William world order world revolution World Set Free world society writing wrote York