Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "natural Selection" and "inheritance" to Political SocietyC. K. Paul & Company, 1881 - 224 pagini |
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... sure I could not write it ; but I think I may usefully , in a few papers , show how , upon one or two great points , the new ideas are modifying two old sciences - politics and political economy . Even upon these points my ideas must be ...
... sure I could not write it ; but I think I may usefully , in a few papers , show how , upon one or two great points , the new ideas are modifying two old sciences - politics and political economy . Even upon these points my ideas must be ...
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... sure to state it rightly and vividly , and because as I am about to apply these principles to subjects which are my own pursuit - I would rather have it quite clear that I have not made my premises to suit my own conclusions . 1st ...
... sure to state it rightly and vividly , and because as I am about to apply these principles to subjects which are my own pursuit - I would rather have it quite clear that I have not made my premises to suit my own conclusions . 1st ...
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... sure result of that science , that it has dispelled the dreams of other days as to a primitive high civilisation . History catches man as he emerges from the patriarchal state : ethnology shows how he lived , grew , and improved in that ...
... sure result of that science , that it has dispelled the dreams of other days as to a primitive high civilisation . History catches man as he emerges from the patriarchal state : ethnology shows how he lived , grew , and improved in that ...
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... sure to have the better of a set of families acknowledging no obedience to any- one , but scattering loose about the world and fighting where they stood . Homer's Cyclops would be powerless against the feeblest band ; so far from its ...
... sure to have the better of a set of families acknowledging no obedience to any- one , but scattering loose about the world and fighting where they stood . Homer's Cyclops would be powerless against the feeblest band ; so far from its ...
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... sure , at least , I cannotat- tempt to explain - all the singular phenomena of national character : how completely and perfectly they seem to be at first framed ; how slowly , how gradually they can alone be altered , if they can be ...
... sure , at least , I cannotat- tempt to explain - all the singular phenomena of national character : how completely and perfectly they seem to be at first framed ; how slowly , how gradually they can alone be altered , if they can be ...
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