Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... facts . Such a guide ( and none better ) the young man will find in Sir Charles Lyell's " Student's Elements of Geology . " I have tried rather to teach the method of geology , than its facts ; to furnish the student with a key to all ...
... facts . Such a guide ( and none better ) the young man will find in Sir Charles Lyell's " Student's Elements of Geology . " I have tried rather to teach the method of geology , than its facts ; to furnish the student with a key to all ...
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... facts of any kind whatsoever . I say - facts of any kind whatsoever . If any of my readers should be inclined to say to themselves : Geology may be a very pleasant study , but I have no special fancy for it . I had rather learn ...
... facts of any kind whatsoever . I say - facts of any kind whatsoever . If any of my readers should be inclined to say to themselves : Geology may be a very pleasant study , but I have no special fancy for it . I had rather learn ...
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... facts , the increased knowledge of this planet on which we live , is very valuable just now ; valuable certainly to all who do not wish their children and their younger brothers to know more about the universe than they do . Natural ...
... facts , the increased knowledge of this planet on which we live , is very valuable just now ; valuable certainly to all who do not wish their children and their younger brothers to know more about the universe than they do . Natural ...
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... facts ; and it is gaining by so doing , year by year , more and more of health and wealth ; of peaceful and comfortable , even of graceful and elevating , means of life for fresh millions . If you want to know what the study of physical ...
... facts ; and it is gaining by so doing , year by year , more and more of health and wealth ; of peaceful and comfortable , even of graceful and elevating , means of life for fresh millions . If you want to know what the study of physical ...
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... facts , without which no good or lasting work will be done , whether in physical science , in social science , in politics , in philosophy , in philology , or in history . But more : let me urge you to study Natural Science , on grounds ...
... facts , without which no good or lasting work will be done , whether in physical science , in social science , in politics , in philosophy , in philology , or in history . But more : let me urge you to study Natural Science , on grounds ...
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