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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...subconscious. He has substituted for Darwin's "natural" selection a "creative" selection by which, he thinks, man will ultimately surpass his own nature. The stream of life (elan vital), having entered blind alleys in the vegetable kingdom and insect world, has achieved man in the vertebrate phylum, and will not be stopped there. Benedetto Croce (1866-), idol of Italy-although, lately, victim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: That Dear Delight | 7/12/1926 | See Source »

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