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... attraction and repulsion balanced so that the universe remained for untold
ages in a state of perfect equilibrium. Then at some moment this was disturbed
and the universe, toppling off its balance, gave rise to the universe the
astronomers ...
... attraction and repulsion balanced so that the universe remained for untold
ages in a state of perfect equilibrium. Then at some moment this was disturbed
and the universe, toppling off its balance, gave rise to the universe the
astronomers ...
Page 270
Awe remains, man's sense of helplessness, and his desire to attain harmony
between himself and the universe at large. These, rather than the worship of
nature or of ancestors, magic or morality, are the sources of religion. There is no
reason ...
Awe remains, man's sense of helplessness, and his desire to attain harmony
between himself and the universe at large. These, rather than the worship of
nature or of ancestors, magic or morality, are the sources of religion. There is no
reason ...
Page 276
It may be that this planet alone can support life, or it may be that in other parts of
the universe other planets have had the possibility of forming a suitable
environment to that substance from which, we suppose, along the vast course of
time the ...
It may be that this planet alone can support life, or it may be that in other parts of
the universe other planets have had the possibility of forming a suitable
environment to that substance from which, we suppose, along the vast course of
time the ...
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| Title | The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1 Armed Services ed Armed Services editions Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Volume 5339 of Collection of British authors International Collector's Library Volume 60 of Mentor books Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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