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... listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts. -- 3. From Whence Cometh Indo-European Tongues?-Did a freshwater lake com...

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...Most readers of this book will have had some type of religious instruction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live...

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...What Is Religion? 1Buddhism 16Christianity 59Mysticism 118A Chorus Of Powers: American Indian Belief 176The Sacred Land: Australian Aboriginal Religion 238Conclusion 277References 293The Collected Works Of Carl Jung 299...

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...ternet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Pres... ...s.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyright © 2008 by Jonathan... ...ing Country Code Hosts Services Hosts Bots Attacks United States 1 1 1 1 2 1 China 3 2 4 8 1 2 Germany 7 3 3 2 4 3 France 9 4 14 4 3 4 United Kingdom ... ...ens natu- rally. On the proprietary networks of the 1980s, in contrast, such divisions among layers were not as important because the networks sought ... ...overnments most determined to regulate certain flows of infor- mation—such as China—have found it difficult to suppress the flow of data on the Internet. ... ...memos. In addition to par- ticipating in the technical design, I took on the administrative function of set- ting up a simple scheme for numbering and... ...ing along a specific theme.” The Barnstar of High Culture, Epic Barnstar, and Ancient Ruin History Barn- star are examples of barnstars awarded “in rec... ...n accidentally placed online, missing equipment, lost backup tapes, or other administrative errors.” Kris Erickson & Philip N. Howard, A Case of Mista...

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................................................. 68 LECTURE IV. THE HERO AS PRIEST. LUTHER; REFORMATION: KNOX; PURITANISM. 99 LECTURE V.THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS. JOHNSON, ROUSSEAU, BURNS. ........ 131 LECTURE VI.THE HERO AS KING. CROMWELL, NAPOLEON: MODERN REVOLUTIONISM............................................................................................................

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................................. 50 SPEECH: COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. LONDON, DECEMBER 30, 1854. .............................................. 52 SPEECH: ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.............................................................................................................. 58 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE,...................................................................

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