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Page 72
... fact that the floor area of buildings is quite out of proportion to the facili- ties for traffic . The fault , without question , can be laid , in a literal sense , at the door of the skyscraper . It has become too much the custom for ...
... fact that the floor area of buildings is quite out of proportion to the facili- ties for traffic . The fault , without question , can be laid , in a literal sense , at the door of the skyscraper . It has become too much the custom for ...
Page 192
... 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 its train that it prevents an animal from having a constant ...
... 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 its train that it prevents an animal from having a constant ...
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... fact that the scale of values set up by a religion will be different according to its intellectual background : you can never wholly separate practice from theory , idea from action . Thus , to put the matter in a nutshell , while the ...
... fact that the scale of values set up by a religion will be different according to its intellectual background : you can never wholly separate practice from theory , idea from action . Thus , to put the matter in a nutshell , while the ...
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Unscrambling the Ether | 52 |
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