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... Russia , for example , the second world war is likely to undo some of the special changes arising from the first . The net result will presumably be that in the end Russia will have moved in the general direction toward which the forces ...
... Russia , for example , the second world war is likely to undo some of the special changes arising from the first . The net result will presumably be that in the end Russia will have moved in the general direction toward which the forces ...
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... Russia Russia provides an especially good example of the relation of technological progress to the optimum climate of effi- ciency and thus to the geographical distribution of civiliza- tion . Almost everyone was surprised that Russia ...
... Russia Russia provides an especially good example of the relation of technological progress to the optimum climate of effi- ciency and thus to the geographical distribution of civiliza- tion . Almost everyone was surprised that Russia ...
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... Russia will presumably reap special benefit , because its cold winter air is well charged with that form of oxygen . One other climatic condition may have played a significant part in Russia's recent metamorphosis . Table 18 , prepared ...
... Russia will presumably reap special benefit , because its cold winter air is well charged with that form of oxygen . One other climatic condition may have played a significant part in Russia's recent metamorphosis . Table 18 , prepared ...
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THE BACKGROUND OF CIVILIZATION | 13 |
The Supreme Fact 1321 | 27 |
The Background of Civilization | 46 |
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