Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 sider |
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... turn , and we could never hope to arrive at anything like certainty in our deductions . Such being the aim and scope of geology , a very cursory inquiry will suffice to show that its bearings , scientific 16 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... turn , and we could never hope to arrive at anything like certainty in our deductions . Such being the aim and scope of geology , a very cursory inquiry will suffice to show that its bearings , scientific 16 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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... never more exalted than when she stoops to administer to humanity . " Perhaps neither extreme is absolutely cor- rect , and , as in most matters of human concern , truth may be found between . Science , it is true , may be cultivated ...
... never more exalted than when she stoops to administer to humanity . " Perhaps neither extreme is absolutely cor- rect , and , as in most matters of human concern , truth may be found between . Science , it is true , may be cultivated ...
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... never more needed than in dealing with geological phenomena ; and he who goes earnestly and truthfully to work can scarcely have a wider and more varied field for their exercise and development . But , over and above this intellectual ...
... never more needed than in dealing with geological phenomena ; and he who goes earnestly and truthfully to work can scarcely have a wider and more varied field for their exercise and development . But , over and above this intellectual ...
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... never was a graver error or more culpable remissness . We demand qualifications from the captains and mates of our mercantile navy , and withdraw their certificates for error and negligence ; and yet in a branch of industry requiring as ...
... never was a graver error or more culpable remissness . We demand qualifications from the captains and mates of our mercantile navy , and withdraw their certificates for error and negligence ; and yet in a branch of industry requiring as ...
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... never be called upon to apply it . As the history of our world , through all its phases of time , change , and progress , it must ever have charms for the educated intellect ; a healthful and exhilar- ating pursuit , whose objects are ...
... never be called upon to apply it . As the history of our world , through all its phases of time , change , and progress , it must ever have charms for the educated intellect ; a healthful and exhilar- ating pursuit , whose objects are ...
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Side 135 - 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.
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