Civilization & Progress: By John Beattie Crozier |
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... was that I specially meant by this new instrument . This difficulty has been felt chiefly by two classes of men ; on the one hand by the pure Metaphysicians who profess to deal with the laws of the mind iv . PREFACE .
... was that I specially meant by this new instrument . This difficulty has been felt chiefly by two classes of men ; on the one hand by the pure Metaphysicians who profess to deal with the laws of the mind iv . PREFACE .
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... hand were gaining or losing ground ; were waxing or waning ; were rising in power or sinking in decay . The Catholic Church , for example , still stretches its vast network over Europe as it did in the palmiest days of the Papacy . How ...
... hand were gaining or losing ground ; were waxing or waning ; were rising in power or sinking in decay . The Catholic Church , for example , still stretches its vast network over Europe as it did in the palmiest days of the Papacy . How ...
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By John Beattie Crozier John Beattie Crozier. in its single hand alone , each several rein of authority and power , to the time when , stripped one by one of its pre- rogatives , it at last becomes , as a political power , a myth and ...
By John Beattie Crozier John Beattie Crozier. in its single hand alone , each several rein of authority and power , to the time when , stripped one by one of its pre- rogatives , it at last becomes , as a political power , a myth and ...
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... hand , and what is called practical statesmanship on the other . Sociology interprets the movements of society as the results of some one law , as of Evolution , which is so general that , even if it were true , it would be of little ...
... hand , and what is called practical statesmanship on the other . Sociology interprets the movements of society as the results of some one law , as of Evolution , which is so general that , even if it were true , it would be of little ...
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... hand , is a species of empiricism , and is too superficial and shortsighted to be depended on for future guidance and direction . Its method is to listen assiduously to the interests , wishes , and prejudices of the different classes in ...
... hand , is a species of empiricism , and is too superficial and shortsighted to be depended on for future guidance and direction . Its method is to listen assiduously to the interests , wishes , and prejudices of the different classes in ...
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