Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... feet , of which the greatest Christian poet of modern times has said— To me the meanest flower that grows may give Thoughts that do lie too deep for tears . So , again , you will be in harmony with the teaching of St. Paul , who told ...
... feet , of which the greatest Christian poet of modern times has said— To me the meanest flower that grows may give Thoughts that do lie too deep for tears . So , again , you will be in harmony with the teaching of St. Paul , who told ...
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... feet , " O all ye works of the Lord , bless ye the Lord ; praise Him and magnify Him for ever . " On that one hymn I take my stand . That is my charter as a student of Natural Science . As long as that is sung in an English church , I ...
... feet , " O all ye works of the Lord , bless ye the Lord ; praise Him and magnify Him for ever . " On that one hymn I take my stand . That is my charter as a student of Natural Science . As long as that is sung in an English church , I ...
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... feet - it might be , that would make no difference to your judgment . If next the boring came into quite different rocks ; into a different sort of sandstone and shales , and among them beds of coal , would you not say - These coal ...
... feet - it might be , that would make no difference to your judgment . If next the boring came into quite different rocks ; into a different sort of sandstone and shales , and among them beds of coal , would you not say - These coal ...
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... feet , or any other height , into hills , what would you say then ? Would you say : " Oh , but the rock is not bottom rock ; is not under the limestone here , but higher than it . So perhaps in this part it has made a shift , and the ...
... feet , or any other height , into hills , what would you say then ? Would you say : " Oh , but the rock is not bottom rock ; is not under the limestone here , but higher than it . So perhaps in this part it has made a shift , and the ...
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... feet of fresh - made soil spread between your town and the sea ; thousands more are in process of being made . You will see now why I have begun with the soil in the field ; because it is the uppermost , and therefore latest , of all ...
... feet of fresh - made soil spread between your town and the sea ; thousands more are in process of being made . You will see now why I have begun with the soil in the field ; because it is the uppermost , and therefore latest , of all ...
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