In the times of civilization men had really felt themselves as the masters of creation. Everything has been good or bad in relation to man. So you ki… - George R. Stewart

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In the times of civilization men had really felt themselves as the masters of creation. Everything has been good or bad in relation to man. So you killed rattlesnakes. But now nature had become so overwhelming that any attempt at its control was merely outside anyone’s circle of thought. You lived as part of it, not as its dominating power.

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About George R. Stewart

George R. Stewart (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Alternative Names: George Rippey Stewart
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