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... traces of the extinction of a human race in our Palæontology . The constitution of the globe is incontestably coincident with a plan to preserve and per- fect Man . There are destructive agencies , it is true , but they do not operate ...
... traces of the extinction of a human race in our Palæontology . The constitution of the globe is incontestably coincident with a plan to preserve and per- fect Man . There are destructive agencies , it is true , but they do not operate ...
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... traces of it are still visible ; and not the traces alone , but a part of the same activity . And doubtless the shallowness of the waters between those continents hints at the same conclusion . More accurate explorations , then , will ...
... traces of it are still visible ; and not the traces alone , but a part of the same activity . And doubtless the shallowness of the waters between those continents hints at the same conclusion . More accurate explorations , then , will ...
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... traces of upheaval where they begin to be manifest . Geographers are not agreed , for example , whether the Ural Mountains con- tinue as far north as Novaia Zemlia , and whether one or two chains in America are to be spoken of as ...
... traces of upheaval where they begin to be manifest . Geographers are not agreed , for example , whether the Ural Mountains con- tinue as far north as Novaia Zemlia , and whether one or two chains in America are to be spoken of as ...
Side 98
... trace the manner in which spurs and outlying mountains are connected with the main chain . Small isolated collections of mountains are espe- cially valuable as elementary studies , for they always have a unity of their own . And all the ...
... trace the manner in which spurs and outlying mountains are connected with the main chain . Small isolated collections of mountains are espe- cially valuable as elementary studies , for they always have a unity of their own . And all the ...
Side 99
... traces of a linear direction to be carefully sought with the compass . The whole has to the eye a labyrinthine appearance , and the law of structure is only ascertained with exactness by the geo- logical features , the direction of the ...
... traces of a linear direction to be carefully sought with the compass . The whole has to the eye a labyrinthine appearance , and the law of structure is only ascertained with exactness by the geo- logical features , the direction of the ...
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advance Africa ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON Alexander von Humboldt Alps altitude ancient Aral Asia Atlas Australia basin breadth Caspian central chain character characteristics civilisation cloth coast coast-line connection continents Crown 8vo culture Danube depression direction distance districts earth east eastern Elbe elevation embracing entire Europe extends Fcap feet high formation geography geological globe greater height highlands hills Himalayas Humboldt immense influence islands Lake Lake Baikal Lake Tchad land land-mass less lower course lowlands Maps mass middle course mountain-chains mountains mouth nature North America northern ocean Old World peninsulas Persian plateau phenomena physical plains planets plateau Professor Pyrenees range region relations Rhine rise river-systems rivers Scotland Second Edition shore side southern square miles steppe Strabo streams surface table-land tion tract tributaries uniform upheaval upper course Ural Ural Mountains Valdai Hills valleys Vistula volcanic Volga vols Weser whole
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