The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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... once it has been translated into daily practices , lies such an abundance of life as no commonwealth or empire , however powerful , ever possessed . But this transformation will be incomplete until it is directed primarily to the ...
... once it has been translated into daily practices , lies such an abundance of life as no commonwealth or empire , however powerful , ever possessed . But this transformation will be incomplete until it is directed primarily to the ...
Page 97
... once the situation is ripe , and once the prophet appears , a whole series of changes will come about with remarkable swiftness ; and though these changes may bring no improvement in material con- ditions , men will turn to their ...
... once the situation is ripe , and once the prophet appears , a whole series of changes will come about with remarkable swiftness ; and though these changes may bring no improvement in material con- ditions , men will turn to their ...
Page 167
... once the Astronomer Royal leaves his observatory , he must keep time by an ordinary watch , an imperfect instrument which gains or loses time or flatly stops and must be wound up : such time will no longer coincide with astronomical ...
... once the Astronomer Royal leaves his observatory , he must keep time by an ordinary watch , an imperfect instrument which gains or loses time or flatly stops and must be wound up : such time will no longer coincide with astronomical ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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