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... clays and sands and stones . They are laid down on each other , and not thrust under each . other , because thus less force is expended in getting them into place . There are exceptions . There are cases in which nature does try to ...
... clays and sands and stones . They are laid down on each other , and not thrust under each . other , because thus less force is expended in getting them into place . There are exceptions . There are cases in which nature does try to ...
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... clays or loose sands , you would say the clays were there before the soil . If it then went down into sandstone , you would say - would you not ? —that sandstone must have been here before the clay ; and however thick - even thousands ...
... clays or loose sands , you would say the clays were there before the soil . If it then went down into sandstone , you would say - would you not ? —that sandstone must have been here before the clay ; and however thick - even thousands ...
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... clays , which are often mingled with these sands , were dropped , like the mud in the pond , in deeper water farther from the shore , and certainly in still water . But more . Suppose once more , then , that looking and watching a pond ...
... clays , which are often mingled with these sands , were dropped , like the mud in the pond , in deeper water farther from the shore , and certainly in still water . But more . Suppose once more , then , that looking and watching a pond ...
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... clay of the district — what would common sense tell you ? I leave you to discover for yourselves . It certainly would not tell you that those trees were thrust in there by a violent con- vulsion , or that all those layers were deposited ...
... clay of the district — what would common sense tell you ? I leave you to discover for yourselves . It certainly would not tell you that those trees were thrust in there by a violent con- vulsion , or that all those layers were deposited ...
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... true — that all the soil we see is made by the destruction of older soils , whether soft as clay , or hard as rock ; that rain , rivers , and seas are perpetually melting and grinding up 1. ] 45 THE SOIL OF THE FIELD .
... true — that all the soil we see is made by the destruction of older soils , whether soft as clay , or hard as rock ; that rain , rivers , and seas are perpetually melting and grinding up 1. ] 45 THE SOIL OF THE FIELD .
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Página 284 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 318 - While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Página 9 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Página 17 - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Página 323 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Página 213 - 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, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself...
Página 253 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Página 283 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Página 305 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.
Página 285 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.