Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...himself has "always given a lot of attention to intellectual matters . . . right up on history . . . clear through both Wells' Outline of History, or practically through it, and also Van Lear's Story of Mankind, especially studying the illustrations . . . and now kind of specializing on philosophy . . . this Story of Philosophy . . . it gives you the whole contents of all philosophy in one book...
...Great as have been the varied contributions of science to mankind, it may well be that none has been quite so great as that of radio to the science of government, the exposure of the demagogue...
...that the human mechanism can ever be calibrated on any uniform scale, the general principles of determining the activity for which each is best suited can add much to both the productivity and well-being of workers in every field. Few investigations have as much potential power toward bettering mankind as those which will aid in determining these principles...
...Nevertheless, that is no reason why our descendants should not exist. Perhaps the earth will be unable to support quite so many people as now, perhaps fewer will want to live on it. Mankind, three million times as old, may be three million times as wise...
...difference in our views is merely this: That, according to you, mankind's improvement will be accomplished when ordinary people become supermen, or fresh supermen are produced; while in my opinion it will occur when men disencumber the true religions of Christianity from all the accretions which deter them, and when all, uniting in the understanding of life which lies at the base of all, realize their reasonable relation to the world's eternal origin and accept the guidance for life which flows therefrom...