Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 sider |
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... Geography ; while the student of Geography can- not more readily ascend to the higher problems of his science than through the teachings of Geology . Though thus closely related , the two sciences may be studied , each on its own basis ...
... Geography ; while the student of Geography can- not more readily ascend to the higher problems of his science than through the teachings of Geology . Though thus closely related , the two sciences may be studied , each on its own basis ...
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... Geography , to Physical Geography , in particular , we must turn for a rational solution of the phenomena presented . 5. In the prosecution of his subject the student of Physical Geography appeals to Astronomy for what relates to the ...
... Geography , to Physical Geography , in particular , we must turn for a rational solution of the phenomena presented . 5. In the prosecution of his subject the student of Physical Geography appeals to Astronomy for what relates to the ...
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... Geography . The observation and reasoning required in geographical research , the amount of information obtained , and the curiosity gratified by faithful descriptions of distant and diverse regions , constitute , on the one hand , its ...
... Geography . The observation and reasoning required in geographical research , the amount of information obtained , and the curiosity gratified by faithful descriptions of distant and diverse regions , constitute , on the one hand , its ...
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... Geography is not merely to ob- serve and describe , but to explain and determine . Here is a globe revolving and rotating in obedience to the laws of gravitation and attraction ; and as motion is inseparably associated with change ...
... Geography is not merely to ob- serve and describe , but to explain and determine . Here is a globe revolving and rotating in obedience to the laws of gravitation and attraction ; and as motion is inseparably associated with change ...
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Side 32 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go. But in my spirit will I dwell, And dream my dream, and hold it true ; For tho...