Comparative geography, tr. [from Allgemeine Erdkunde] by W.L. Gage1865 |
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... indicate the scientific basis on which the discussion will rest . Our starting - point will be with Na- ture herself , and not with arbitrary geographical systems hitherto constructed . By the word Nature will be meant the entire ...
... indicate the scientific basis on which the discussion will rest . Our starting - point will be with Na- ture herself , and not with arbitrary geographical systems hitherto constructed . By the word Nature will be meant the entire ...
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... indicate that in our knowledge , at present , there is certainly only progress , only approximation , no absolute exhaustion of the processes of discovery . And just as in ruder lands each man looks at 6 COMPARATIVE GEOGRAPHY .
... indicate that in our knowledge , at present , there is certainly only progress , only approximation , no absolute exhaustion of the processes of discovery . And just as in ruder lands each man looks at 6 COMPARATIVE GEOGRAPHY .
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... indicates the pre - eminence which , in this science , our own planet , rather than others , receives . Ge - ography confines our attention to the Earth , and concentrates it upon the globe , regarded per se , rather than 16 COMPARATIVE ...
... indicates the pre - eminence which , in this science , our own planet , rather than others , receives . Ge - ography confines our attention to the Earth , and concentrates it upon the globe , regarded per se , rather than 16 COMPARATIVE ...
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... indicate knowledge rather than science ; they form a mere aggregation and index of rich materials , a lexicon rather than a true text - book . And therefore ensues , despite the admitted interest of the subject and its high claims , the ...
... indicate knowledge rather than science ; they form a mere aggregation and index of rich materials , a lexicon rather than a true text - book . And therefore ensues , despite the admitted interest of the subject and its high claims , the ...
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... indicate the contour and the vertical elevations and depressions of the Earth or its divisions . The demand for perfect accuracy in these is now very great . The map must be a portrait , not a cari- cature . In its way , the map has a ...
... indicate the contour and the vertical elevations and depressions of the Earth or its divisions . The demand for perfect accuracy in these is now very great . The map must be a portrait , not a cari- cature . In its way , the map has a ...
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