The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 147Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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It is due to no other cause than the fact that the floor area of buildings is quite out of proportion to the facilities for traffic . The fault , without question , can be laid , in a literal sense , at the door of the skyscraper .
It is due to no other cause than the fact that the floor area of buildings is quite out of proportion to the facilities for traffic . The fault , without question , can be laid , in a literal sense , at the door of the skyscraper .
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It would take too long to go into the reason why , but the fact remains ; an insect as big as a swan or even as a thrush is , luckily for us , unthinkable . Small size is in itself a disadvantage ; it brings the further disadvantage in ...
It would take too long to go into the reason why , but the fact remains ; an insect as big as a swan or even as a thrush is , luckily for us , unthinkable . Small size is in itself a disadvantage ; it brings the further disadvantage in ...
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What man shall do with the new facts , the new ideas , the new opportunities of control which science is showering ... On the other hand , it is an undoubted fact that the scale of values set up by a religion will be different according ...
What man shall do with the new facts , the new ideas , the new opportunities of control which science is showering ... On the other hand , it is an undoubted fact that the scale of values set up by a religion will be different according ...
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