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Page 116
... less direct , less intentional , less " responsible " relationship to social action than does religion . In their specifically aesthetic essence , the arts are more private , more individualizing , less binding than religion . There is ...
... less direct , less intentional , less " responsible " relationship to social action than does religion . In their specifically aesthetic essence , the arts are more private , more individualizing , less binding than religion . There is ...
Page 219
... less often discoid or disciform , most often yellow ; involucral bracts mostly equal and uniseriate , often with a calyculus of much reduced outer bracts , occasionally in several series ; receptacle generally naked ; pappus of numer ...
... less often discoid or disciform , most often yellow ; involucral bracts mostly equal and uniseriate , often with a calyculus of much reduced outer bracts , occasionally in several series ; receptacle generally naked ; pappus of numer ...
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... less than 20 inches per annum , and over vast areas the total is less than 10 inches ; the Lake Eyre re- gion averages less than 5 inches . Rainfall in these areas is unreliable and capricious , with long droughts broken by damaging ...
... less than 20 inches per annum , and over vast areas the total is less than 10 inches ; the Lake Eyre re- gion averages less than 5 inches . Rainfall in these areas is unreliable and capricious , with long droughts broken by damaging ...
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