The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and RevealedGould and Lincoln, 1857 - 502 pages |
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... belong , with a vastly preponderating majority of the herbs and flowers that impart fertility and beauty to our gardens and meadows . This last class , though but one , now occupies much greater space in the vegetable kingdom than all ...
... belong , with a vastly preponderating majority of the herbs and flowers that impart fertility and beauty to our gardens and meadows . This last class , though but one , now occupies much greater space in the vegetable kingdom than all ...
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... belong to the invertebrate divisions . The numerous tables of stone which compose the leaves of this first and earliest of the geologic volumes correspond in their contents with that concluding volume of Cuvier's great work in which he ...
... belong to the invertebrate divisions . The numerous tables of stone which compose the leaves of this first and earliest of the geologic volumes correspond in their contents with that concluding volume of Cuvier's great work in which he ...
Page 73
... told him , ere yet the optical lapidary had prepared them for examination , that if they exhibited the coniferous * Leaf of a tree allied to the maple . structure , they might belong to any geologic period from HISTORY OF PLANTS . 73.
... told him , ere yet the optical lapidary had prepared them for examination , that if they exhibited the coniferous * Leaf of a tree allied to the maple . structure , they might belong to any geologic period from HISTORY OF PLANTS . 73.
Page 74
... belong to any geologic period from the times of the Lower Old Red Sandstone downwards ; but that if they manifested in their tissue the dicotyledonous character , they could not be older than the times of the Tertiary . On submitting ...
... belong to any geologic period from the times of the Lower Old Red Sandstone downwards ; but that if they manifested in their tissue the dicotyledonous character , they could not be older than the times of the Tertiary . On submitting ...
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... belong , were perhaps not less abundant in the Eocene woods than in those of the present time : they were mingled with trees of the Laurel , the Leguminous , and the Anonaceous or custard apple families , with many others ; Fig . 43 . 3 ...
... belong , were perhaps not less abundant in the Eocene woods than in those of the present time : they were mingled with trees of the Laurel , the Leguminous , and the Anonaceous or custard apple families , with many others ; Fig . 43 . 3 ...
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Page 229 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 268 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 233 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Page 37 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 262 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 138 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 261 - The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass.
Page 138 - So careful of the type?' but no, From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries "A thousand types are gone. I care for nothing; all shall go. "Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death; The spirit does but mean the breath; I know no more.
Page 139 - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
Page 263 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...