Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... will the right understanding of 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 PREFACE . 5.
... will the right understanding of 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 PREFACE . 5.
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... animals . Suppose he learnt something of this , but nothing of aught else . Would he have gained no solid wisdom ? He would be a stupider man than I have a right to believe any of my readers to be , if he had not gained thereby somewhat ...
... animals . Suppose he learnt something of this , but nothing of aught else . Would he have gained no solid wisdom ? He would be a stupider man than I have a right to believe any of my readers to be , if he had not gained thereby somewhat ...
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... animals , or thinks that nothing can be learnt from them con- cerning God - allow one who has been from childhood only a humble , though he trusts a diligent student of these sciences - allow him , I say , to ask in all reverence , ور ...
... animals , or thinks that nothing can be learnt from them con- cerning God - allow one who has been from childhood only a humble , though he trusts a diligent student of these sciences - allow him , I say , to ask in all reverence , ور ...
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... animals . And yet it is not so much for the vastness and grandeur of those scenes of the distant past , to which the science of geology introduces us , that I value it as a study , and wish earnestly to awaken you to its beauty and ...
... animals . And yet it is not so much for the vastness and grandeur of those scenes of the distant past , to which the science of geology introduces us , that I value it as a study , and wish earnestly to awaken you to its beauty and ...
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... in the ancient ooze , wherever the ice- berg had left it in peace long enough for sea - animals to colonise and breed in it . But the general appear- ance of the dried sea - bottom would be a 56 [ 11 . TOWN GEOLOGY .
... in the ancient ooze , wherever the ice- berg had left it in peace long enough for sea - animals to colonise and breed in it . But the general appear- ance of the dried sea - bottom would be a 56 [ 11 . TOWN GEOLOGY .
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