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... scientific knowledge , and the capacity for increasing it indefinitely by scientific research . It is a new weapon . No doubt the men who first discovered the uses of fire , who first replaced stone weapons by bronze , or bronze by iron ...
... scientific knowledge , and the capacity for increasing it indefinitely by scientific research . It is a new weapon . No doubt the men who first discovered the uses of fire , who first replaced stone weapons by bronze , or bronze by iron ...
Page 162
... scientific knowledge . For another thing , it is becoming obvious that the present situation cries aloud for some code , whatever it may be , by which men may guide their own daily lives and on the ob- servance of which other men may ...
... scientific knowledge . For another thing , it is becoming obvious that the present situation cries aloud for some code , whatever it may be , by which men may guide their own daily lives and on the ob- servance of which other men may ...
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... scientific proof , " it does not hesitate to place a Beethoven above an ephemeral composer of " sob stuff ” ; a Confucius above a Chinese river pirate ; a Washington above a war profiteer ; a Christ above a Brigham Young ; a Marcus ...
... scientific proof , " it does not hesitate to place a Beethoven above an ephemeral composer of " sob stuff ” ; a Confucius above a Chinese river pirate ; a Washington above a war profiteer ; a Christ above a Brigham Young ; a Marcus ...
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