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... hand , Stapledon is more confident about the problem of man's immediate existence . Twentieth - century man , he contends , faces a crisis in his spiritual development that could determine whether man evolves into a more mentally and ...
... hand , Stapledon is more confident about the problem of man's immediate existence . Twentieth - century man , he contends , faces a crisis in his spiritual development that could determine whether man evolves into a more mentally and ...
Page 132
... Hand . " The lesser of the two , " A Modern Magician " is a modest allegory of the destructive effects of hubris in a man whose inability to use his power maturely leads to his death . As such , it provides readers with a clearly ...
... Hand . " The lesser of the two , " A Modern Magician " is a modest allegory of the destructive effects of hubris in a man whose inability to use his power maturely leads to his death . As such , it provides readers with a clearly ...
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... hand , which begins to act independent of Sir James's conscious will . Hiding beneath his veneer of liberalism , Sir James is torn between the primitive urge to dominate others expressed by his right hand — and the more awakened sense ...
... hand , which begins to act independent of Sir James's conscious will . Hiding beneath his veneer of liberalism , Sir James is torn between the primitive urge to dominate others expressed by his right hand — and the more awakened sense ...
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