H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 81
... progress must dismiss these interpretations as the purest and sheerest nonsense . Wells ' thoughts on progress 50. Aldous Huxley , Point Counter Point ( London , Chatto and Windus , 1928 ) , pp . 290-91 ; and Geoffrey Barraclough ...
... progress must dismiss these interpretations as the purest and sheerest nonsense . Wells ' thoughts on progress 50. Aldous Huxley , Point Counter Point ( London , Chatto and Windus , 1928 ) , pp . 290-91 ; and Geoffrey Barraclough ...
Page 82
... progress along the same lines ; and third , that nothing guaranteed man's ulti- mate success or failure . In one or two of his pre - 1914 books , when the world seemed especially busy and bright , he very nearly joined the ranks of the ...
... progress along the same lines ; and third , that nothing guaranteed man's ulti- mate success or failure . In one or two of his pre - 1914 books , when the world seemed especially busy and bright , he very nearly joined the ranks of the ...
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... progress , for example . Not automatic or providential progress : only a certain potentiality in the re- sources of the human intelligence , and especially of science , for realizing a sane , ordered world society . But it was enough ...
... progress , for example . Not automatic or providential progress : only a certain potentiality in the re- sources of the human intelligence , and especially of science , for realizing a sane , ordered world society . But it was enough ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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