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... trends , especially trends arising from science and the urge toward discovery . Discovery of our own identity , belief in ourselves and in the use of the in- tellectual weapons of a democratic society - a science - minded and technology ...
... trends , especially trends arising from science and the urge toward discovery . Discovery of our own identity , belief in ourselves and in the use of the in- tellectual weapons of a democratic society - a science - minded and technology ...
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... trends of the present - a sheer continuation of the line of ascent , however steep we make it . The method of extrapolation by which we undertake to say that we shall have more and more of whatever has already manifested itself comes to ...
... trends of the present - a sheer continuation of the line of ascent , however steep we make it . The method of extrapolation by which we undertake to say that we shall have more and more of whatever has already manifested itself comes to ...
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... trends of history . Some feel that such trends “ just happen " ; or that they spring automatically from the occasional genius of a great leader ; or that they arise from deeply unpre- dictable changes in economic techniques with ...
... trends of history . Some feel that such trends “ just happen " ; or that they spring automatically from the occasional genius of a great leader ; or that they arise from deeply unpre- dictable changes in economic techniques with ...
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Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
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