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... advance in their inquiries , and , ascending the sides of mountains , look out over a larger tract , or find new lands across the seas , they do not outgrow their first idea ; the world merely expands from the narrow home- stead to a ...
... advance in their inquiries , and , ascending the sides of mountains , look out over a larger tract , or find new lands across the seas , they do not outgrow their first idea ; the world merely expands from the narrow home- stead to a ...
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... advance of science revealed the falseness of the Ptolemaic scheme of the universe , and demonstrated the fact that the stars of heaven are not mere torch - bearers for us , and mere inter- preters of human destinies , but are worlds ...
... advance of science revealed the falseness of the Ptolemaic scheme of the universe , and demonstrated the fact that the stars of heaven are not mere torch - bearers for us , and mere inter- preters of human destinies , but are worlds ...
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... advance in man's conception of the Earth , of Nature , of what we call the World and the Universe , though each individual , generation , and century is but dimly conscious of this progress . THE EARTH AS THE DWELLING - PLACE OF MAN ...
... advance in man's conception of the Earth , of Nature , of what we call the World and the Universe , though each individual , generation , and century is but dimly conscious of this progress . THE EARTH AS THE DWELLING - PLACE OF MAN ...
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... advance , as we may , to the new and the unexplored . Man is the first token that we meet , that our study of the Earth must contemplate it as an organised whole , its unity consummating in him . As every individual must , in his own ...
... advance , as we may , to the new and the unexplored . Man is the first token that we meet , that our study of the Earth must contemplate it as an organised whole , its unity consummating in him . As every individual must , in his own ...
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Carl Ritter. by its own weight ; but with this preparation , we may advance to the loftiest and yet most secure speculations . WHAT GEOGRAPHY AS A SCIENCE HAS YET TO ACCOMPLISH . Geography can just as little be contented with being a ...
Carl Ritter. by its own weight ; but with this preparation , we may advance to the loftiest and yet most secure speculations . WHAT GEOGRAPHY AS A SCIENCE HAS YET TO ACCOMPLISH . Geography can just as little be contented with being a ...
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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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