Readers of this book will understand why my debts of gratitude for many kinds of help are far greater than those most authors are moved to acknowladge. To Caitilin Thomas, above all , I owe thanks for having allow me to record, from my own point if view, the story of those few years of Dylan Thomas's life in which I Participated.
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I HAVE started to write this book on 4 August 1964, the fiftieth I anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. This fearful conflict, to be followed within a single generation by a second, of even greater magnitude and duration, set in motion forces, in every part of the globe, which have led to the most far-reaching revolution in recorded history. We are still too near to these events …
THE SOURCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, the ancient Near East, lies in a relatively small area of land where three continents-Asia, Africa, and Europe-come together Although our heritage is a long one, it is difficult to state with precision just when it began. Two quite different kinds of problems stand in the way of dating accurately the beginnings of our civilization. An obvious difficulty lies …
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series Vol. XXV, No. 16, pp. 377-420, pls. 37-46 November 15, 1946
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