Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... What good 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.
... What good 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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... making collections of fossils , plants , insects , birds , or some other objects of natural history ; and I doubt not that such will be the case with some of my readers . Another argument , and a very strong one , in 6 TOWN GEOLOGY .
... making collections of fossils , plants , insects , birds , or some other objects of natural history ; and I doubt not that such will be the case with some of my readers . Another argument , and a very strong one , in 6 TOWN GEOLOGY .
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... plants , he would find that there is much more to be seen in those mere hedge- row plants than he fancies now . The microscope will reveal to him in the tissues of any wood , of any seed , wonders which will first amuse him , then ...
... plants , he would find that there is much more to be seen in those mere hedge- row plants than he fancies now . The microscope will reveal to him in the tissues of any wood , of any seed , wonders which will first amuse him , then ...
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... plants or 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 ...
... plants or 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 ...
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... plants and 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 ...
... plants and 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 ...
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