Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... whole physical geography of the globe is in a state of slow but unceasing change ; and as these forces are per- manent and enduring as the universe itself , changes must have taken place in time past similar to those that are now taking ...
... whole physical geography of the globe is in a state of slow but unceasing change ; and as these forces are per- manent and enduring as the universe itself , changes must have taken place in time past similar to those that are now taking ...
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... What more ennobling than the con- viction , that amidst all this mutation and progress - these ever - varying aspects and functions - there is a plan and design to which the whole has ever been conformed , 20 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... What more ennobling than the con- viction , that amidst all this mutation and progress - these ever - varying aspects and functions - there is a plan and design to which the whole has ever been conformed , 20 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
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David Page. design to which the whole has ever been conformed , and immutable laws by which the means and processes are ever held in operation and in harmonious adjustment ? What more godlike than , from a knowledge of all that this ...
David Page. design to which the whole has ever been conformed , and immutable laws by which the means and processes are ever held in operation and in harmonious adjustment ? What more godlike than , from a knowledge of all that this ...
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... whole marking a progress in time from the simple to the complex , from the general to the special , and from the merely sen- tient to the higher attributes of conscious intellect and will . Had geology made no other contribution to ...
... whole marking a progress in time from the simple to the complex , from the general to the special , and from the merely sen- tient to the higher attributes of conscious intellect and will . Had geology made no other contribution to ...
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... the present mo- ment . This belief lies at the foundation of all our reason- ings . The whole argument of our science proceeds upon the conviction that this world of ours is governed , THE NATURE OF GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE . 33.
... the present mo- ment . This belief lies at the foundation of all our reason- ings . The whole argument of our science proceeds upon the conviction that this world of ours is governed , THE NATURE OF GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE . 33.
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Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young Geologists David Page (F.G.S.) Visualização integral - 1869 |
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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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