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IN THE SHADOW OF TOMORROW by J. Huizinga

IN THE SHADOW OF TOMORROW

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Publisher: Norton

Link for sales with Revolt of the Hasses, etc. Comparison and contrast of today's crisis and those of the past, with emphasis on fact that today we are looking ahead and not back. Science has leaped ahead of culture; critical capacities have declined, science has been misused to weaken character; morals have deteriorated; sports and play are overemphasized; art and literature have declined. One would be inclined to think him pessimistic except for his expression of faith in youth and an ultimate emergence from the present disease.