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3-5_Full_Circle
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3-5_Full_Circle
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"On_the_Decline_and_Revival_of_Western_Democracy."_The_two_parts_of_Lippmann's_sub-title_correspond_to_our_civilization's_two_alternatives._Our_Lower_Industrial_Period_(Figure_IV-I)_is,_in_any_case,_a_transitional_phenomenon;_and_it_can_develop_in_just_two_directions:_either_it_will_continue_to_decline,_turn_out_to_be_a_cultural_abortion--a_cultural_embryo_which,_never_having_succeeded_in_generating_its_public_philosophy_has,_during_this_century,_been_expiring_as_history's_most_despicable_garbage_heap,_destined_at_last_to_consume_itself_by_internal_combustion._Or_else_reviving,_it_will_turn_out_to_have_been_generating_its_public_philosophy_successfully_and_will,_with_its_help,_transmute_into_predominantly_positive_coactions_and_consolidate_our_planet's_climax_ecosystem,_the_Higher_Industrial_Period.
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