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... human limitations to human power ; which loves battle , with all its attendant risks , because it has no real doubt that it will achieve victory ; which desires religion , as it desires railways and electric light , as a comfort and a ...
... human limitations to human power ; which loves battle , with all its attendant risks , because it has no real doubt that it will achieve victory ; which desires religion , as it desires railways and electric light , as a comfort and a ...
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... human life and human destiny , and he described Conrad's philosophy as considering " civilized and morally tolerable human life as a dangerous walk on a thin crust of barely cooled lava which at any moment might break and let the unwary ...
... human life and human destiny , and he described Conrad's philosophy as considering " civilized and morally tolerable human life as a dangerous walk on a thin crust of barely cooled lava which at any moment might break and let the unwary ...
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... human race destroyed rather than let it succumb to Communism . The same unequivocal support for the policy of " better dead than Red " came in a debate Russell conducted with Sidney Hook , a well - known American philosopher . The ...
... human race destroyed rather than let it succumb to Communism . The same unequivocal support for the policy of " better dead than Red " came in a debate Russell conducted with Sidney Hook , a well - known American philosopher . The ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 10 |
The Lodge in the Park | 19 |
Cambridge Chrysalis | 38 |
Copyright | |
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