Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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Charles Kingsley. 94 5x ཚིག ། SC TOWN GEOLOGY . B TOWN GEOLOGY . PREFACE . THIS little book , including.
Charles Kingsley. 94 5x ཚིག ། SC TOWN GEOLOGY . B TOWN GEOLOGY . PREFACE . THIS little book , including.
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... book treats ; and that the coal measures of Scotland , with the volcanic rocks which have disturbed them , are often very different in appearance to the English coal measures . But he will soon learn to distinguish the relative age of ...
... book treats ; and that the coal measures of Scotland , with the volcanic rocks which have disturbed them , are often very different in appearance to the English coal measures . But he will soon learn to distinguish the relative age of ...
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... book , nor all the books in the world , will make them geo- logists . No amount of book learning will make a man a scientific man ; nothing but patient observation , and quiet and fair thought over what he has observed . He must go out ...
... book , nor all the books in the world , will make them geo- logists . No amount of book learning will make a man a scientific man ; nothing but patient observation , and quiet and fair thought over what he has observed . He must go out ...
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... book . I have tried to teach it you by geology , because geology is , perhaps , the simplest and the easiest of all physical sciences . It appeals more than any to mere common sense . It requires fewer difficult experiments , and ...
... book . I have tried to teach it you by geology , because geology is , perhaps , the simplest and the easiest of all physical sciences . It appeals more than any to mere common sense . It requires fewer difficult experiments , and ...
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... book or some newspaper , which after all only reflects your own feelings , your own opinions ? You should ask yourselves that question , seriously and often : But " Are my thoughts really free ? " No 14 TOWN GEOLOGY .
... book or some newspaper , which after all only reflects your own feelings , your own opinions ? You should ask yourselves that question , seriously and often : But " Are my thoughts really free ? " No 14 TOWN GEOLOGY .
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