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... earth ; he has possessed and governed it for less than a thousandth part of its existence . Most of us still think of ourselves as the final triumph of biological evolution ; we are convinced we have come to stay as rulers of the earth ...
... earth ; he has possessed and governed it for less than a thousandth part of its existence . Most of us still think of ourselves as the final triumph of biological evolution ; we are convinced we have come to stay as rulers of the earth ...
Page 115
... earth's accumulated store of fuel in a few hundreds of years , our posterity may be compelled to return to a much simpler life for their many million of years on earth . They may have to be content with the comparatively small amount of ...
... earth's accumulated store of fuel in a few hundreds of years , our posterity may be compelled to return to a much simpler life for their many million of years on earth . They may have to be content with the comparatively small amount of ...
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... earth , Adam was the first man , and Eve the first woman . I cannot remem- ber ever questioning the justice of the sentence passed on Adam for eating the forbidden apple . There were certain Biblical terms I found difficult to pic- ture ...
... earth , Adam was the first man , and Eve the first woman . I cannot remem- ber ever questioning the justice of the sentence passed on Adam for eating the forbidden apple . There were certain Biblical terms I found difficult to pic- ture ...
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