Town GeologyD. Appleton, 1873 - 239 páginas |
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Página viii
... book ; and these only require , for the learning of them , the exercise of his own observation and common sense . I have not tried to make this a hand - book of geological facts . Such a guide ( and none better ) viii PREFACE .
... book ; and these only require , for the learning of them , the exercise of his own observation and common sense . I have not tried to make this a hand - book of geological facts . Such a guide ( and none better ) viii PREFACE .
Página ix
... Geology . " I have tried rather to teach the method of geology , than its facts ; to furnish the student with a key to all geology , rough indeed and rudi- mentary , but sure and sound enough , I trust , to help him to unlock most ...
... Geology . " I have tried rather to teach the method of geology , than its facts ; to furnish the student with a key to all geology , rough indeed and rudi- mentary , but sure and sound enough , I trust , to help him to unlock most ...
Página x
... geologist ; and acquire that habit of mind by which alone he can judge fairly and wisely of facts of any kind what- soever . I say - facts of any kind whatsoever . If any of my readers should be inclined to say to themselves - Geology ...
... geologist ; and acquire that habit of mind by which alone he can judge fairly and wisely of facts of any kind what- soever . I say - facts of any kind whatsoever . If any of my readers should be inclined to say to themselves - Geology ...
Página xii
... geology , or of astronomy or of chemistry , or of the plants or animals which they meet— What good , I say , will that do them ? In the first place , they need , I presume , occupation after their hours of work . If any of them answer ...
... geology , or of astronomy or of chemistry , or of the plants or animals which they meet— What good , I say , will that do them ? In the first place , they need , I presume , occupation after their hours of work . If any of them answer ...
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Página xix - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Página 137 - I think, be solved, by attending to what is now taking place in deltas. The dense growth of reeds and herbage which encompasses the margins of forest-covered swamps in the valley and delta of the Mississippi is such that the fluviatile waters, in passing through them, are filtered and made to clear themselves entirely before they reach the areas in which vegetable matter may accumulate for centuries, forming coal if the climate be favourable. There is no possibility of the least intermixture of earthy...
Página liii - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Página xlviii - I judge it as certain and clear a truth as can any where be delivered, that "the invisible things of God are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead.
Página 98 - ... simply watching the flowers along the railway banks and the sections in the cuttings: then it grieves me to see what little use people make of the eyes and of the understanding which God has given them. They complain of a dull journey: but it is not the journey which is dull; it is they who are dull. Eyes have they, and see not; ears have they, and hear not; mere dolls in smart clothes, too many of them, like the idols of the heathen.
Página xlvii - revealed in facts" — and then you will not fear physical science ; for you will be sure that, the more you know of physical science, the more you will know of the works and of the will of God. At least, you will be in harmony with the teaching of the Psalmist. " The heavens," says he, "declare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
Página xlviii - declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handiwork. There is neither speech nor language where their voices are not heard among them." So held the Psalmist concerning astronomy, the knowledge of the heavenly bodies; and what he says of sun and stars is true likewise of the flowers around our feet, of which the greatest Christian poet of modern times has said — To me the meanest (lower that grows may give Thoughts that do lie too deep for tears.
Página 59 - As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same .espy By what means it could thither come, and whence, So that it seems a thing endued with sense, Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun himself.
Página xxxi - play freely round" a question; and look it all over, boldly, patiently, rationally, charitably. And I tell you that if you, or I, or any man, want to let our thoughts play freely round questions, and so escape from the tendency to become bigoted and narrow-minded which there is in every human being, then we must acquire something of that inductive habit of mind which the study of Natural Science gives. It is, after all, as Professor Huxley says, only common sense well regulated. But then it is well...