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Page 42
The same modern calcareous formation occurs still more extensively along the
foot of the so - called “ mountain at Trenton , ( where it was kindly pointed out to
me by the Rev. Mr. Bleasdell of that village , ) and undoubtedly in many other ...
The same modern calcareous formation occurs still more extensively along the
foot of the so - called “ mountain at Trenton , ( where it was kindly pointed out to
me by the Rev. Mr. Bleasdell of that village , ) and undoubtedly in many other ...
Page 52
... often across intervening seas and valleys , and over mountain ridges , miles
and miles away from their original localities . Where hard and compact rocks lie
underneath this boulder formation , or rise up amongst it , their surfaces are
almost ...
... often across intervening seas and valleys , and over mountain ridges , miles
and miles away from their original localities . Where hard and compact rocks lie
underneath this boulder formation , or rise up amongst it , their surfaces are
almost ...
Page 54
... the opposing bar . I mention this especially , because similar phenomena were
often pointed out by Buckland in describing the old glaciers of North Wales . On
either hand , all the way from the glacier to this point , the mountain sides show ...
... the opposing bar . I mention this especially , because similar phenomena were
often pointed out by Buckland in describing the old glaciers of North Wales . On
either hand , all the way from the glacier to this point , the mountain sides show ...
Page 55
Above this wall , the mountain is moutonnée almost to the very summit , where at
length the serrated peaks of the highest ridge rise sharply above the ice - worn
surfaces . The valley has been filled with ice almost to the very brim . ” After thus ...
Above this wall , the mountain is moutonnée almost to the very summit , where at
length the serrated peaks of the highest ridge rise sharply above the ice - worn
surfaces . The valley has been filled with ice almost to the very brim . ” After thus ...
Page 56
... a period when not only the Alps , but all Scandinavia , were full of great rivers
of ice descending to the sea ; when the White Mountains of North America also
had their glaciers , ( as I was informed in 1857 , in conversation with Agassiz , )
and ...
... a period when not only the Alps , but all Scandinavia , were full of great rivers
of ice descending to the sea ; when the White Mountains of North America also
had their glaciers , ( as I was informed in 1857 , in conversation with Agassiz , )
and ...
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Page 119 - Refrain from: these men* and let them alone : for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought : But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it...
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Page 119 - ... been led to the conclusion that those powers of nature which give rise to races and permanent varieties in animals and plants, are the same as those which in much longer periods produce species, and in a still longer series of ages give rise to differences of generic rank. He appears to me to have succeeded by his investigations and reasonings in throwing a flood of light on many classes of phenomena connected with the affinities, geographical distribution, and geological succession of organic...
Page 370 - Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth, have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed.
Page 193 - ... climb to the top of the fence, and, with the hunters who have followed closely in the rear of the buffalo, spear or shoot with bows and arrows or fire-arms at the bewildered animals, rapidly becoming frantic with rage and terror, within the narrow limits of the pound.