Advanced Text-book of Physical GeographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1864 - 320 sider |
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... 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 ; and a large amount of knowledge may be acquired respecting the geographical ...
... 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 ; and a large amount of knowledge may be acquired respecting the geographical ...
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... higher department , its aim being not only to describe the external aspects or the terraqueous ( land and water ) globe , but to inquire into those conditions of posi- tion , altitude , soil , heat , moisture , and the like , which ...
... higher department , its aim being not only to describe the external aspects or the terraqueous ( land and water ) globe , but to inquire into those conditions of posi- tion , altitude , soil , heat , moisture , and the like , which ...
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... higher are herdsmen and shepherds ? Or why should one country be the scene of busy industry and successful commerce , of intellectual activity and mental culture , while another , as fair and even more fertile , remains the mere ...
... higher are herdsmen and shepherds ? Or why should one country be the scene of busy industry and successful commerce , of intellectual activity and mental culture , while another , as fair and even more fertile , remains the mere ...
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... higher effort of philo- sophy to determine the causes and courses of these wind and water currents - to teach the sailor how to shun the storms of the one , and to cast himself on the favouring stream of the other . To the pioneer and ...
... higher effort of philo- sophy to determine the causes and courses of these wind and water currents - to teach the sailor how to shun the storms of the one , and to cast himself on the favouring stream of the other . To the pioneer and ...
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... higher bearings is the object of the present treatise ; and the student will best ac- complish his purpose who step by step confirms the statements of the text by reference to the maps of his Atlas . By this double process any little ...
... higher bearings is the object of the present treatise ; and the student will best ac- complish his purpose who step by step confirms the statements of the text by reference to the maps of his Atlas . By this double process any little ...
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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...