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Ii. — The Negative Side. T He Weak Point In This Argument...

to me to be the assumption that there is something in the necessary effect of what is known as " progress," to increase the drain on the inward elasticity and vitality of human......

It Seems To Me That One At Least, Perhaps The

greatest, of the many drawbacks to our civilisation, to that gradual increase in our knowledge of Nature and our command over it which we call progress, is the decrease already......