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... nature for the benefit of mankind . Nature often operates contrary to human expediency ; for she always follows the same course with- out deviation , whereas human expediency is always changing . When , therefore , we have to do ...
... nature for the benefit of mankind . Nature often operates contrary to human expediency ; for she always follows the same course with- out deviation , whereas human expediency is always changing . When , therefore , we have to do ...
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... nature and who , if they planted anything , preferred something edible like onions or cabbages . But the Hellenistic Alexandrines , living on a wretched and monotonous sand spit , discovered the beauties of nature and wrote sentimental ...
... nature and who , if they planted anything , preferred something edible like onions or cabbages . But the Hellenistic Alexandrines , living on a wretched and monotonous sand spit , discovered the beauties of nature and wrote sentimental ...
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... nature . But the Dauists admired nature in a romantic , mystical way . The founder Lau - dz , 28 an older contemporary of Kung Fu - dz , taught that man should adapt himself to the universe . Lau - dz never thought of adapting the ...
... nature . But the Dauists admired nature in a romantic , mystical way . The founder Lau - dz , 28 an older contemporary of Kung Fu - dz , taught that man should adapt himself to the universe . Lau - dz never thought of adapting the ...
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One The Coming of the Engineers | 1 |
Two The Egyptian Engineers | 18 |
Three The Mesopotamian Engineers | 46 |
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