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66:5.1 The one hundred were [[organized]] for [[service]] in [[ten]] [[autonomous]] [[councils]] of ten members each. When two or more of these ten councils met in joint session, such [[liaison]] gatherings were presided over by [[Daligastia]]. These ten [[groups]] were [[constituted]] as follows:
 
66:5.1 The one hundred were [[organized]] for [[service]] in [[ten]] [[autonomous]] [[councils]] of ten members each. When two or more of these ten councils met in joint session, such [[liaison]] gatherings were presided over by [[Daligastia]]. These ten [[groups]] were [[constituted]] as follows:
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66:5.2 1. ''The council on food and material welfare''. This [[group]] was presided over by ''Ang''. [[Food]], [[water]], clothes, and the material advancement of the [[human]] [[species]] were fostered by this able corps. They taught [[well]] digging, spring control, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation]. They taught those from the higher altitudes and from the north improved [[methods]] of treating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_skin skins] for use as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing clothing], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving weaving] was later introduced by the [[teachers]] of [[art]] and [[science]].
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66:5.2 1. ''The council on food and material welfare''. This [[group]] was presided over by ''Ang''. [[Food]], [[water]], clothes, and the material advancement of the [[human]] [[species]] were fostered by this able corps. They taught [[well]] digging, spring control, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation]. They taught those from the higher altitudes and from the north improved [[methods]] of treating [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_skin skins] for use as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing clothing], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving weaving] was later introduced by the [[teachers]] of [[art]] and [[science]].
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66:5.3 Great advances were made in [[methods]] of food storage. Food was preserved by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying drying], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_%28cooking%29 smoking]; it thus became the earliest [[property]]. [[Man]] was taught to provide for the hazards of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine famine], which periodically decimated the world.
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66:5.3 Great advances were made in [[methods]] of food storage. Food was preserved by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying drying], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_%28cooking%29 smoking]; it thus became the earliest [[property]]. [[Man]] was taught to provide for the hazards of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine famine], which periodically decimated the world.
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66:5.4 2. ''The board of animal domestication and utilization''. This [[council]] was [[dedicated]] to the task of selecting and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeding breeding] those [[animals]] best adapted to help [[human beings]] in bearing burdens and [[transporting]] themselves, to supply [[food]], and later on to be of [[service]] in the [[cultivation]] of the [[soil]]. This able corps was directed by ''Bon''.
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66:5.4 2. ''The board of animal domestication and utilization''. This [[council]] was [[dedicated]] to the task of selecting and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeding breeding] those [[animals]] best adapted to help [[human beings]] in bearing burdens and [[transporting]] themselves, to supply [[food]], and later on to be of [[service]] in the [[cultivation]] of the [[soil]]. This able corps was directed by ''Bon''.
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66:5.5 Several [[types]] of useful [[animals]], now [[extinct]], were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication tamed], [[together]] with some that have [[continued]] as domesticated animals to the [[present]] day. [[Man]] had long lived with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog dog], and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA blue man] had already been successful in taming the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant elephant]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow cow] was so improved by careful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeding breeding] as to become a valuable [[source]] of [[food]]; butter and cheese became common articles of [[human]] [[diet]]. Men were taught to use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxen oxen] for burden bearing, but the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse horse] was not domesticated until a later date. The members of this corps first taught men to use the [[wheel]] for the [[facilitation]] of traction.
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66:5.5 Several [[types]] of useful [[animals]], now [[extinct]], were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication tamed], [[together]] with some that have [[continued]] as domesticated animals to the [[present]] day. [[Man]] had long lived with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog dog], and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA blue man] had already been successful in taming the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant elephant]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow cow] was so improved by careful [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeding breeding] as to become a valuable [[source]] of [[food]]; butter and cheese became common articles of [[human]] [[diet]]. Men were taught to use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxen oxen] for burden bearing, but the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse horse] was not domesticated until a later date. The members of this corps first taught men to use the [[wheel]] for the [[facilitation]] of traction.
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66:5.6 It was in these days that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_pigeons carrier pigeons] were first used, being taken on long [[journeys]] for the [[purpose]] of sending [[messages]] or calls for help. ''Bon'''s [[group]] were successful in [[training]] the great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda fandors] as passenger birds, but they became [[extinct]] more than thirty thousand years ago.
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66:5.6 It was in these days that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_pigeons carrier pigeons] were first used, being taken on long [[journeys]] for the [[purpose]] of sending [[messages]] or calls for help. ''Bon'''s [[group]] were successful in [[training]] the great [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda fandors] as passenger birds, but they became [[extinct]] more than thirty thousand years ago.
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66:5.7 3. ''The advisers regarding the conquest of predatory animals''. It was not enough that early man should try to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication domesticate] certain [[animals]], but he must also learn how to protect himself from destruction by the remainder of the hostile [[animal]] world. This group was captained by ''Dan''.
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66:5.7 3. ''The advisers regarding the conquest of predatory animals''. It was not enough that early man should try to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication domesticate] certain [[animals]], but he must also learn how to protect himself from destruction by the remainder of the hostile [[animal]] world. This group was captained by ''Dan''.
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66:5.8 The [[purpose]] of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_wall ancient city wall] was to protect against ferocious beasts as well as to prevent surprise [[attacks]] by [[hostile]] [[humans]]. Those living without the walls and in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest forest] were dependent on [http://www.google.com/search?q=tree+dwellings&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=54r&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ghguToK3AqLw0gH01MidAQ&ved=0CCIQsAQ&biw=725&bih=803 tree dwellings], [[Shelter|stone huts]], and the [[maintenance]] of [[night]] [[fires]]. It was therefore very [[natural]] that these [[teachers]] should [[devote]] much time to instructing their [[pupils]] in the improvement of [[human]] [[Home|dwellings]]. By employing improved [[techniques]] and by the use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trapping traps], great [[progress]] was made in [[animal]] subjugation.
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66:5.8 The [[purpose]] of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_wall ancient city wall] was to protect against ferocious beasts as well as to prevent surprise [[attacks]] by [[hostile]] [[humans]]. Those living without the walls and in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest forest] were dependent on [https://www.google.com/search?q=tree+dwellings&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=54r&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ghguToK3AqLw0gH01MidAQ&ved=0CCIQsAQ&biw=725&bih=803 tree dwellings], [[Shelter|stone huts]], and the [[maintenance]] of [[night]] [[fires]]. It was therefore very [[natural]] that these [[teachers]] should [[devote]] much time to instructing their [[pupils]] in the improvement of [[human]] [[Home|dwellings]]. By employing improved [[techniques]] and by the use of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trapping traps], great [[progress]] was made in [[animal]] subjugation.
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66:5.9 4. ''The faculty on dissemination and conservation of knowledge''. This [[group]] [[organized]] and directed the [[purely]] [[educational]] endeavors of those early ages. It was presided over by ''Fad''. The [[educational]] [[methods]] of Fad consisted in supervision of employment accompanied by instruction in improved [[methods]] of [[labor]]. Fad formulated the first [[alphabet]] and introduced a [[writing]] [[system]]. This [[alphabet]] contained twenty-five characters. For [[writing]] [[material]] these early peoples utilized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_material tree barks, clay tablets, stone slabs, a form of parchment] made of hammered hides, and a crude form of [[paper]]like [[material]] made from wasps' nests. The ''Dalamatia'' [[library]], destroyed soon after the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia disaffection], comprised more than two million separate [[records]] and was known as the "house of Fad."
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66:5.9 4. ''The faculty on dissemination and conservation of knowledge''. This [[group]] [[organized]] and directed the [[purely]] [[educational]] endeavors of those early ages. It was presided over by ''Fad''. The [[educational]] [[methods]] of Fad consisted in supervision of employment accompanied by instruction in improved [[methods]] of [[labor]]. Fad formulated the first [[alphabet]] and introduced a [[writing]] [[system]]. This [[alphabet]] contained twenty-five characters. For [[writing]] [[material]] these early peoples utilized [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_material tree barks, clay tablets, stone slabs, a form of parchment] made of hammered hides, and a crude form of [[paper]]like [[material]] made from wasps' nests. The ''Dalamatia'' [[library]], destroyed soon after the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia disaffection], comprised more than two million separate [[records]] and was known as the "house of Fad."
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66:5.10 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA blue man] was partial to [[alphabet]] [[writing]] and made the greatest [[progress]] along such lines. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA red man] preferred [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictogram pictorial] [[writing]], while the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA yellow races] drifted into the use of [[symbols]] for [[words]] and [[ideas]], much like those they now employ. But the [[alphabet]] and much more was subsequently lost to the world during the [[confusion]] attendant upon [[rebellion]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYA Caligastia defection] destroyed the [[hope]] of the world for a [[universal]] [[language]], at least for untold ages.
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66:5.10 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA blue man] was partial to [[alphabet]] [[writing]] and made the greatest [[progress]] along such lines. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA red man] preferred [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictogram pictorial] [[writing]], while the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA yellow races] drifted into the use of [[symbols]] for [[words]] and [[ideas]], much like those they now employ. But the [[alphabet]] and much more was subsequently lost to the world during the [[confusion]] attendant upon [[rebellion]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYA Caligastia defection] destroyed the [[hope]] of the world for a [[universal]] [[language]], at least for untold ages.
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66:5.11 5. ''The commission on industry and trade''. This [[council]] was employed in fostering [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industry] within the [[tribes]] and in promoting [[trade]] between the various [[peace]] [[groups]]. Its leader was ''Nod''. Every [[form]] of [[primitive]] [[manufacture]] was [[encouraged]] by this corps. They [[contributed]] directly to the elevation of [[standards]] of living by providing many new commodities to [[attract]] the fancy of [[primitive]] men. They greatly expanded the [[trade]] in the improved [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt salt] produced by the [[council]] on [[science]] and [[art]].
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66:5.11 5. ''The commission on industry and trade''. This [[council]] was employed in fostering [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industry] within the [[tribes]] and in promoting [[trade]] between the various [[peace]] [[groups]]. Its leader was ''Nod''. Every [[form]] of [[primitive]] [[manufacture]] was [[encouraged]] by this corps. They [[contributed]] directly to the elevation of [[standards]] of living by providing many new commodities to [[attract]] the fancy of [[primitive]] men. They greatly expanded the [[trade]] in the improved [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt salt] produced by the [[council]] on [[science]] and [[art]].
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66:5.12 It was among these [[enlightened]] [[groups]] [[educated]] in the ''Dalamatia'' schools that the first [[commercial]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit credit] was [[practiced]]. From a central [[exchange]] of credits they secured [[Money|tokens]] which were [[accepted]] in lieu of the [[actual]] objects of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barter barter]. The world did not improve upon these [[business]] [[methods]] for hundreds of thousands of years.
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66:5.12 It was among these [[enlightened]] [[groups]] [[educated]] in the ''Dalamatia'' schools that the first [[commercial]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit credit] was [[practiced]]. From a central [[exchange]] of credits they secured [[Money|tokens]] which were [[accepted]] in lieu of the [[actual]] objects of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barter barter]. The world did not improve upon these [[business]] [[methods]] for hundreds of thousands of years.
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66:5.13 6. ''The college of revealed religion''. This [[body]] was slow in [[functioning]]. [[Urantia]] [[civilization]] was [[literally]] forged out between the ''anvil of [[necessity]] and the hammers of [[fear]]''. But this [[group]] had made considerable [[progress]] in their attempt to substitute [[Creator]] [[fear]] for [[creature]] fear ([[ghost]] [[worship]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_87]) before their [[labors]] were interrupted by the later [[confusion]] attendant upon the [[secession]] upheaval. The head of this [[council]] was ''Hap''.
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66:5.13 6. ''The college of revealed religion''. This [[body]] was slow in [[functioning]]. [[Urantia]] [[civilization]] was [[literally]] forged out between the ''anvil of [[necessity]] and the hammers of [[fear]]''. But this [[group]] had made considerable [[progress]] in their attempt to substitute [[Creator]] [[fear]] for [[creature]] fear ([[ghost]] [[worship]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_87]) before their [[labors]] were interrupted by the later [[confusion]] attendant upon the [[secession]] upheaval. The head of this [[council]] was ''Hap''.
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66:5.14 None of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] would present [[revelation]] to complicate [[evolution]]; they presented [[revelation]] only as the climax of their [[exhaustion]] of the forces of [[evolution]]. But Hap did yield to the [[desire]] of the [[inhabitants]] of the [[city]] for the [[establishment]] of a [[form]] of [[religious]] [[service]]. His [[group]] provided the Dalamatians with the [[seven]] [[chants]] of [[worship]] and also gave them the daily praise-phrase and eventually taught them "[[the Father]]'s [[prayer]]," which was:
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66:5.14 None of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] would present [[revelation]] to complicate [[evolution]]; they presented [[revelation]] only as the climax of their [[exhaustion]] of the forces of [[evolution]]. But Hap did yield to the [[desire]] of the [[inhabitants]] of the [[city]] for the [[establishment]] of a [[form]] of [[religious]] [[service]]. His [[group]] provided the Dalamatians with the [[seven]] [[chants]] of [[worship]] and also gave them the daily praise-phrase and eventually taught them "[[the Father]]'s [[prayer]]," which was:
    
66:5.15 "[[Father]] of all, whose Son we honor, look down upon us with [[favor]]. Deliver us from the [[fear]] of all save you. Make us a [[pleasure]] to our [[divine]] [[teachers]] and forever put [[truth]] on our lips. Deliver us from [[violence]] and [[anger]]; give us [[respect]] for our elders and that which belongs to our [[neighbors]]. Give us this [[season]] green pastures and fruitful flocks to gladden our [[hearts]]. We [[pray]] for the hastening of the coming of the [[promise]]d uplifter, and we would do your will on this world as others do on worlds beyond. "
 
66:5.15 "[[Father]] of all, whose Son we honor, look down upon us with [[favor]]. Deliver us from the [[fear]] of all save you. Make us a [[pleasure]] to our [[divine]] [[teachers]] and forever put [[truth]] on our lips. Deliver us from [[violence]] and [[anger]]; give us [[respect]] for our elders and that which belongs to our [[neighbors]]. Give us this [[season]] green pastures and fruitful flocks to gladden our [[hearts]]. We [[pray]] for the hastening of the coming of the [[promise]]d uplifter, and we would do your will on this world as others do on worlds beyond. "
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66:5.16 Although the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] were [[limited]] to [[natural]] means and ordinary [[methods]] of [[race]] improvement, they held out the [[promise]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Adamic gift] of a new [[race]] as the goal of subsequent [[evolutionary]] [[growth]] upon the [[attainment]] of the height of [[biologic]] [[development]].
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66:5.16 Although the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff] were [[limited]] to [[natural]] means and ordinary [[methods]] of [[race]] improvement, they held out the [[promise]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Adamic gift] of a new [[race]] as the goal of subsequent [[evolutionary]] [[growth]] upon the [[attainment]] of the height of [[biologic]] [[development]].
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66:5.17 7. ''The guardians of health and life''. This [[council]] was concerned with the introduction of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictogram sanitation] and the promotion of [[primitive]] hygiene and was led by ''Lut''.
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66:5.17 7. ''The guardians of health and life''. This [[council]] was concerned with the introduction of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictogram sanitation] and the promotion of [[primitive]] hygiene and was led by ''Lut''.
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66:5.18 Its members taught much that was lost during the [[confusion]] of subsequent ages, never to be rediscovered until the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. They taught [[mankind]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], boiling and roasting, was a means of avoiding [[sickness]]; also that such cooking greatly reduced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant-mortality infant mortality] and [[facilitated]] early [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaning weaning].
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66:5.18 Its members taught much that was lost during the [[confusion]] of subsequent ages, never to be rediscovered until the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century]. They taught [[mankind]] that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], boiling and roasting, was a means of avoiding [[sickness]]; also that such cooking greatly reduced [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant-mortality infant mortality] and [[facilitated]] early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaning weaning].
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66:5.19 Many of the early teachings of Lut's guardians of health [[persisted]] among the [[tribes]] of [[earth]] on down to the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], even though they became much garbled and were greatly changed.
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66:5.19 Many of the early teachings of Lut's guardians of health [[persisted]] among the [[tribes]] of [[earth]] on down to the days of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], even though they became much garbled and were greatly changed.
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66:5.20 The great obstacle in the way of promoting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene hygiene] among these [[ignorant]] peoples consisted in the [[fact]] that the real [[causes]] of many [[diseases]] were too small to be seen by the naked eye, and also because they all held [[fire]] in [[superstitious]] regard. It required thousands of years to [[persuade]] them to burn refuse. In the meantime they were urged to [[bury]] their decaying rubbish. The great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitary] advance of this [[epoch]] came from the [[dissemination]] of [[knowledge]] regarding the [[health]]-giving and [[disease]]-destroying [[properties]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight sunlight].
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66:5.20 The great obstacle in the way of promoting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene hygiene] among these [[ignorant]] peoples consisted in the [[fact]] that the real [[causes]] of many [[diseases]] were too small to be seen by the naked eye, and also because they all held [[fire]] in [[superstitious]] regard. It required thousands of years to [[persuade]] them to burn refuse. In the meantime they were urged to [[bury]] their decaying rubbish. The great [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitary] advance of this [[epoch]] came from the [[dissemination]] of [[knowledge]] regarding the [[health]]-giving and [[disease]]-destroying [[properties]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight sunlight].
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66:5.21 Before the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:4._EARLY_DAYS_OF_THE_ONE_HUNDRED Prince's arrival], bathing had been an exclusively [[religious]] [[ceremonial]]. It was indeed [[difficult]] to [[persuade]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive men] to wash their [[bodies]] as a [[health]] [[practice]]. Lut finally induced the [[religious]] [[teachers]] to include cleansing with [[water]] as a part of the purification [[ceremonies]] to be [[practiced]] in connection with the noontime [[devotions]], once a week, in the [[worship]] of [[the Father]] of all.
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66:5.21 Before the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:4._EARLY_DAYS_OF_THE_ONE_HUNDRED Prince's arrival], bathing had been an exclusively [[religious]] [[ceremonial]]. It was indeed [[difficult]] to [[persuade]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive men] to wash their [[bodies]] as a [[health]] [[practice]]. Lut finally induced the [[religious]] [[teachers]] to include cleansing with [[water]] as a part of the purification [[ceremonies]] to be [[practiced]] in connection with the noontime [[devotions]], once a week, in the [[worship]] of [[the Father]] of all.
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66:5.22 These guardians of [[health]] also sought to introduce [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_shaking handshaking] in substitution for saliva exchange or blood drinking as a seal of [[personal]] [[friendship]] and as a token of [[group]] [[loyalty]]. But when out from under the compelling [[pressure]] of the [[teachings]] of their superior [[leaders]], these [[primitive]] peoples were not slow in reverting to their former [[health]]-destroying and [[disease]]-breeding [[practices]] of [[ignorance]] and [[superstition]].
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66:5.22 These guardians of [[health]] also sought to introduce [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_shaking handshaking] in substitution for saliva exchange or blood drinking as a seal of [[personal]] [[friendship]] and as a token of [[group]] [[loyalty]]. But when out from under the compelling [[pressure]] of the [[teachings]] of their superior [[leaders]], these [[primitive]] peoples were not slow in reverting to their former [[health]]-destroying and [[disease]]-breeding [[practices]] of [[ignorance]] and [[superstition]].
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66:5.23 8. ''The planetary council on art and science''. This corps did much to improve the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industrial] [[technique]] of early man and to elevate his [[concepts]] of [[beauty]]. Their leader was ''Mek''.
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66:5.23 8. ''The planetary council on art and science''. This corps did much to improve the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industrial] [[technique]] of early man and to elevate his [[concepts]] of [[beauty]]. Their leader was ''Mek''.
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66:5.24 [[Art]] and [[science]] were at a low ebb throughout the world, but the rudiments of [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] were taught the Dalamatians. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery Pottery] was advanced, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorative_arts decorative arts] were all improved, and the [[ideals]] of [[human]] [[beauty]] were greatly enhanced. But [[music]] made little [[progress]] until after the arrival of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race].
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66:5.24 [[Art]] and [[science]] were at a low ebb throughout the world, but the rudiments of [[physics]] and [[chemistry]] were taught the Dalamatians. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery Pottery] was advanced, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorative_arts decorative arts] were all improved, and the [[ideals]] of [[human]] [[beauty]] were greatly enhanced. But [[music]] made little [[progress]] until after the arrival of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race].
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66:5.25 These [[primitive]] men would not consent to [[experiment]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine steam power], notwithstanding the repeated urgings of their [[teachers]]; never could they overcome their great [[fear]] of the [[explosive]] [[power]] of confined steam. They were, however, finally [[persuaded]] to [[work]] with metals and [[fire]], although a piece of red-hot metal was a terrorizing object to early man.
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66:5.25 These [[primitive]] men would not consent to [[experiment]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine steam power], notwithstanding the repeated urgings of their [[teachers]]; never could they overcome their great [[fear]] of the [[explosive]] [[power]] of confined steam. They were, however, finally [[persuaded]] to [[work]] with metals and [[fire]], although a piece of red-hot metal was a terrorizing object to early man.
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66:5.26 Mek did a great deal to advance the [[culture]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] and to improve the [[art]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA blue man]. A blend of the blue man with the Andon stock produced an [[artistically]] [[gifted]] type, and many of them became master [[sculptors]]. They did not [[work]] in stone or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble marble], but their works of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay clay], hardened by baking, adorned the [[gardens]] of ''Dalamatia''.
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66:5.26 Mek did a great deal to advance the [[culture]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites] and to improve the [[art]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA blue man]. A blend of the blue man with the Andon stock produced an [[artistically]] [[gifted]] type, and many of them became master [[sculptors]]. They did not [[work]] in stone or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble marble], but their works of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay clay], hardened by baking, adorned the [[gardens]] of ''Dalamatia''.
    
66:5.27 Great [[progress]] was made in the [[home]] arts, most of which were lost in the long and [[dark]] ages of [[rebellion]], never to be rediscovered until modern times.
 
66:5.27 Great [[progress]] was made in the [[home]] arts, most of which were lost in the long and [[dark]] ages of [[rebellion]], never to be rediscovered until modern times.
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66:5.28 9. ''The governors of advanced tribal relations''. This was the [[group]] intrusted with the [[work]] of bringing [[human]] [[society]] up to the level of [[state]]hood. Their chief was ''Tut''.
 
66:5.28 9. ''The governors of advanced tribal relations''. This was the [[group]] intrusted with the [[work]] of bringing [[human]] [[society]] up to the level of [[state]]hood. Their chief was ''Tut''.
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66:5.29 These leaders contributed much to bringing about [[Amalgamation|intertribal]] [[marriages]]. They fostered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtship courtship] and [[marriage]] after due deliberation and full [[opportunity]] to become acquainted. The [[purely]] military war [[dances]] were refined and made to serve valuable [[social]] ends. Many [[competitive]] [[games]] were introduced, but these ancient folk were a serious people; little [[humor]] [[graced]] these early [[tribes]]. Few of these [[practices]] survived the subsequent disintegration of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 planetary insurrection].
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66:5.29 These leaders contributed much to bringing about [[Amalgamation|intertribal]] [[marriages]]. They fostered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtship courtship] and [[marriage]] after due deliberation and full [[opportunity]] to become acquainted. The [[purely]] military war [[dances]] were refined and made to serve valuable [[social]] ends. Many [[competitive]] [[games]] were introduced, but these ancient folk were a serious people; little [[humor]] [[graced]] these early [[tribes]]. Few of these [[practices]] survived the subsequent disintegration of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 planetary insurrection].
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66:5.30 Tut and his [[associates]] labored to promote [[group]] [[associations]] of a peaceful [[nature]], to regulate and humanize [[warfare]], to [[co-ordinate]] intertribal [[relations]], and to improve tribal [[governments]]. In the vicinity of ''Dalamatia'' there [[developed]] a more advanced [[culture]], and these improved social [[relations]] were very helpful in influencing more remote [[tribes]]. But the [[pattern]] of [[civilization]] prevailing at the Prince's [[headquarters]] was quite [[different]] from the barbaric [[society]] evolving elsewhere, just as the twentieth-century society of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetown_South_Africa Capetown, South Africa], is totally unlike the crude [[culture]] of the diminutive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmnet Bushmen] to the north.
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66:5.30 Tut and his [[associates]] labored to promote [[group]] [[associations]] of a peaceful [[nature]], to regulate and humanize [[warfare]], to [[co-ordinate]] intertribal [[relations]], and to improve tribal [[governments]]. In the vicinity of ''Dalamatia'' there [[developed]] a more advanced [[culture]], and these improved social [[relations]] were very helpful in influencing more remote [[tribes]]. But the [[pattern]] of [[civilization]] prevailing at the Prince's [[headquarters]] was quite [[different]] from the barbaric [[society]] evolving elsewhere, just as the twentieth-century society of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capetown_South_Africa Capetown, South Africa], is totally unlike the crude [[culture]] of the diminutive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmnet Bushmen] to the north.
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66:5.31 10. ''The supreme court of tribal co-ordination and racial co-operation''. This supreme [[council]] was directed by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] and was the [[court]] of [[appeals]] for all of the other nine special commissions charged with the supervision of [[human]] affairs. This council was one of wide [[function]], being intrusted with all matters of [[earthly]] concern which were not specifically assigned to the other [[groups]]. This selected corps had been approved by the [[Constellation Fathers]] of [[Edentia]] before they were [[authorized]] to assume the [[functions]] of the supreme [[court]] of [[Urantia]].
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66:5.31 10. ''The supreme court of tribal co-ordination and racial co-operation''. This supreme [[council]] was directed by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:6._VAN.E2.80.94THE_STEADFAST Van] and was the [[court]] of [[appeals]] for all of the other nine special commissions charged with the supervision of [[human]] affairs. This council was one of wide [[function]], being intrusted with all matters of [[earthly]] concern which were not specifically assigned to the other [[groups]]. This selected corps had been approved by the [[Constellation Fathers]] of [[Edentia]] before they were [[authorized]] to assume the [[functions]] of the supreme [[court]] of [[Urantia]].
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[[Category:Paper 66 - The Planetary Prince of Urantia]]
 
[[Category:Paper 66 - The Planetary Prince of Urantia]]