Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... universities of Scotland ; but the importance of the subject demands a broader recognition than this - demands , in fact , the establishment of inde- pendent professorships , devoted exclusively to the exposi- tion of world - history ...
... universities of Scotland ; but the importance of the subject demands a broader recognition than this - demands , in fact , the establishment of inde- pendent professorships , devoted exclusively to the exposi- tion of world - history ...
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... University and King's College are modern institutions , and so also are the Queen's Colleges in Ire- land . The founding of chairs in each of these great seats marks but the commencement of a better era , of which also the London School ...
... University and King's College are modern institutions , and so also are the Queen's Colleges in Ire- land . The founding of chairs in each of these great seats marks but the commencement of a better era , of which also the London School ...
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... universities , and who would be infinitely better under the care of the schoolmaster , but those of properly matured thought - the study of geology becomes at once a source of high mental exercise and intellectual enjoyment . The ...
... universities , and who would be infinitely better under the care of the schoolmaster , but those of properly matured thought - the study of geology becomes at once a source of high mental exercise and intellectual enjoyment . The ...
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... university student , but there are thousands of others who cannot participate in the curriculum of a college , but who may become students of geology , like most of the members of our " Field - clubs " and " Scientific Societies ...
... university student , but there are thousands of others who cannot participate in the curriculum of a college , but who may become students of geology , like most of the members of our " Field - clubs " and " Scientific Societies ...
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... universities . And when school tuition has ceased , and the sterner business of life has been begun , I only claim for it a place along with other subjects , as one well calculated to become a source of the purest intellectual ...
... universities . And when school tuition has ceased , and the sterner business of life has been begun , I only claim for it a place along with other subjects , as one well calculated to become a source of the purest intellectual ...
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Página 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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