Whither Mankind: A Panorama of Modern CivilizationCharles Austin Beard Longmans, Green, 1928 - 408 頁 Introduction / C.A. Beard -- The civilizations of the East and the West / Hu Shih -- Ancient and medieval civilizations / H.W. Van Loon -- Science / Bertrand Russell -- Business / Julius Klein -- Labor / Sidney and Beatrice Webb -- Law and government / H.L. McBain -- War and peace / Emil Ludwig -- Health / C.E.A. Winslow -- The family / Havelock Ellis -- Race and civilization / G.A. Dorsey -- Religion / J.H. Robinson -- The arts / Lewis Mumford -- Philosophy / John Dewey -- Play / Stuart Chase -- Education / E.D. Martin -- Literature / Carl Van Doren -- Epilogue / C.A. Beard. |
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第 206 頁 - yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks; The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
第 206 頁 - too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. The old
第 280 頁 - can, without heightened beat, read: The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain: His blood-red banner streams afar: Who follows in his train? Who best can drink his cup of
第 278 頁 - very little about Science. Paul says confidently that "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.
第 280 頁 - With Thy favored sheep O place me; Nor among the goats abase me; But to thy right hand up-raise me. While the wicked are confounded, Doomed to flames of woe unbounded, Call me, with Thy saints surrounded.
第 109 頁 - quote Ben Jonson's observation that . , It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make -men better be. Unless these mighty works of modern industry and managerial genius really contribute to improved comfort and
第 10 頁 - centralized, complete. Here artists and philosophers and those whom the action of the world has elevated and made keen do not live in isolation but breathe a common air and catch light and heat from each other's thought. There is a spirit of general elevation and enlightenment in which all alike communicate.
第 267 頁 - Our national religion is the performance of Church ceremonies, and preaching of soporific truths (or untruths) to keep the mob quietly at work while we amuse ourselves." Huxley and John Stuart Mill, not reckoning any more with God, still
第 155 頁 - and above all, the injustice of deciding cases upon points of practice, which are the mere etiquette of justice, direct results of the organization of our courts and the backwardness of our procedure, have created a deep-seated desire to keep out of court, right or wrong, on the part of every sensible business man in the community.
第 279 頁 - Saviour, who thy flock art feeding, With the shepherd's kindest care, All the feeble gently leading, While the lambs thy bosom share. Never from Thy