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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... exhibited in the animal kingdom , and the classi- fication of the greatest zoologist of modern times , is perhaps still more remarkable . Cuvier divides all animals into vertebrate and invertebrate ; the invertebrates consisting ...
... exhibited in the animal kingdom , and the classi- fication of the greatest zoologist of modern times , is perhaps still more remarkable . Cuvier divides all animals into vertebrate and invertebrate ; the invertebrates consisting ...
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... exhibited in time , if , commencing at the earliest ages , we pursue it downwards , is exactly that of the " Animal Kingdom " of Cuvier read backwards . Let us then , in grappling with the vast multiplicity of our subject , attempt ...
... exhibited in time , if , commencing at the earliest ages , we pursue it downwards , is exactly that of the " Animal Kingdom " of Cuvier read backwards . Let us then , in grappling with the vast multiplicity of our subject , attempt ...
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... exhibited in the rocks , from the base to nearly the top of the system . And should we add to the rocky tract , rich in fucoids , a submarine meadow of pale shell sand , covered by a deep green swathe of zos- tera , with its jointed ...
... exhibited in the rocks , from the base to nearly the top of the system . And should we add to the rocky tract , rich in fucoids , a submarine meadow of pale shell sand , covered by a deep green swathe of zos- tera , with its jointed ...
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... , 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 7 HISTORY OF PLANTS . 73.
... , 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 7 HISTORY OF PLANTS . 73.
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... exhibited in all nature and all providence ; and that it is at once wisdom and duty in his rational creatures , however darkly they may perceive or imperfectly they may comprehend , to hold in implicit faith that the Adorable Monarch of ...
... exhibited in all nature and all providence ; and that it is at once wisdom and duty in his rational creatures , however darkly they may perceive or imperfectly they may comprehend , to hold in implicit faith that the Adorable Monarch of ...
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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.