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Introduction Periodically in modern history scientists have set forth new theories whose consequences go far beyond the internal development of science as a system of knowledge and far beyond such practical applications as they may happen to have. Discoveries of this magnitude shatter old...

INTRODUCTION TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION It is just one hundred years, now, since Theodore Parker died in Florence, Italy, his last thoughts with the country he so deeply loved, and with old friends and neighbors. Yet he is still very much alive; what he said, what he did, what he stood for, still...