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... unmixed with awe ; a sense that they were , as it were , brought face to face with the creatures of another world ; that nature was independent of them , not merely they of her ; that trees were not merely made THE WONDERS OF THE SHORE .
... unmixed with awe ; a sense that they were , as it were , brought face to face with the creatures of another world ; that nature was independent of them , not merely they of her ; that trees were not merely made THE WONDERS OF THE SHORE .
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... creatures because they are minute . No doubt we should both of us prefer helping Rajah Brooke to discover mon- strous apes in the tropical forests of Borneo , or stumbling with Hooker upon herds of gigantic " Ammon sheep 28 GLAUCUS ; OR ,
... creatures because they are minute . No doubt we should both of us prefer helping Rajah Brooke to discover mon- strous apes in the tropical forests of Borneo , or stumbling with Hooker upon herds of gigantic " Ammon sheep 28 GLAUCUS ; OR ,
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... creatures are mysteries more than we shall ever fathom . The zoophytes and microscopic animalcules which people every shore and every drop of water , have been now raised to a rank in the human mind , more important , perhaps , than ...
... creatures are mysteries more than we shall ever fathom . The zoophytes and microscopic animalcules which people every shore and every drop of water , have been now raised to a rank in the human mind , more important , perhaps , than ...
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... creatures , and in the chemical and mechanical functions which they fulfil in the great economy of our planet , we cannot wonder at finding that books which treat of them carry with them a certain charm of romance , and feed the play of ...
... creatures , and in the chemical and mechanical functions which they fulfil in the great economy of our planet , we cannot wonder at finding that books which treat of them carry with them a certain charm of romance , and feed the play of ...
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... creature as if one exceeding like it , yet different from it , would be washed up by the waves next tide . Consequently his descriptions are permanent . " Scientific men will recognise in this the highest praise which can be bestowed ...
... creature as if one exceeding like it , yet different from it , would be washed up by the waves next tide . Consequently his descriptions are permanent . " Scientific men will recognise in this the highest praise which can be bestowed ...
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