Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... , or something like enough to it to make it seem to him probable , or at least possible . So , and so only , will he become a scientific man , and a good geologist ; and acquire that habit of mind by which alone he can 4 TOWN GEOLOGY .
... , or something like enough to it to make it seem to him probable , or at least possible . So , and so only , will he become a scientific man , and a good geologist ; and acquire that habit of mind by which alone he can 4 TOWN GEOLOGY .
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... seem to me strange , to use the mildest word , that people whose destiny it is to live , even for a few short years ... seems strange , I say , that such people should in general be so careless about the constitution of this same planet ...
... seem to me strange , to use the mildest word , that people whose destiny it is to live , even for a few short years ... seems strange , I say , that such people should in general be so careless about the constitution of this same planet ...
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... seem ruined for ever : and all because men will not learn nor obey those physical laws of the universe , which ( whether we be conscious of them or not ) are all around us , like walls of iron and of adamant - say rather , like some ...
... seem ruined for ever : and all because men will not learn nor obey those physical laws of the universe , which ( whether we be conscious of them or not ) are all around us , like walls of iron and of adamant - say rather , like some ...
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... seem as yet to defy our classification into 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 ...
... seem as yet to defy our classification into 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 ...
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... seem but too likely to repeat themselves again and again all over the world , in the same hopeless circle . Aristocracies of mere birth decay and die , and give place to aristocracies of mere wealth ; and they again to " aristocracies ...
... seem but too likely to repeat themselves again and again all over the world , in the same hopeless circle . Aristocracies of mere birth decay and die , and give place to aristocracies of mere wealth ; and they again to " aristocracies ...
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