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... social organization , and exclude mechanical and scientific progress from it , has , on the whole , been rather on the side of fragmentation . It was , for example , much easier for loosely organized tribes and village communities ...
... social organization , and exclude mechanical and scientific progress from it , has , on the whole , been rather on the side of fragmentation . It was , for example , much easier for loosely organized tribes and village communities ...
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... social developments which con- stitute civilization in the narrower sense of the word were tend- ing to make human societies , as they became more elaborately organized , more heterogeneous and mutually unsympathetic , there were also ...
... social developments which con- stitute civilization in the narrower sense of the word were tend- ing to make human societies , as they became more elaborately organized , more heterogeneous and mutually unsympathetic , there were also ...
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... social institutions , all matters of human rela- tionship , are dependent upon the means by which mind may react upon mind and life upon life- that is to say , upon the intensity , rapidity , and reach of mental and physical communi ...
... social institutions , all matters of human rela- tionship , are dependent upon the means by which mind may react upon mind and life upon life- that is to say , upon the intensity , rapidity , and reach of mental and physical communi ...
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... social and political consequences . It is the most obvious wisdom to set ourselves to anticipate as far as we can , so as to mitigate and control , the inevitable collisions and repercussions of mankind that are coming upon us . Even if ...
... social and political consequences . It is the most obvious wisdom to set ourselves to anticipate as far as we can , so as to mitigate and control , the inevitable collisions and repercussions of mankind that are coming upon us . Even if ...
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... social level . There is a dangerously narrowing limit now to the confi- dence of the common man in the intelligence and good faith of those who direct his affairs ; and the probability of a cruel , con- fused class - war throughout ...
... social level . There is a dangerously narrowing limit now to the confi- dence of the common man in the intelligence and good faith of those who direct his affairs ; and the probability of a cruel , con- fused class - war throughout ...
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