Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... sufficient to suppress . There is no class of the learned perhaps so intolerant of criticism in this relation as the cul- tivators of the natural sciences , and none who have the misfortune to have so large a share of ostentatious ...
... sufficient to suppress . There is no class of the learned perhaps so intolerant of criticism in this relation as the cul- tivators of the natural sciences , and none who have the misfortune to have so large a share of ostentatious ...
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... sufficient to dissolve them . No rivers therefore could have flown from them , and consequently no detritus could have been borne from them to the sea , to be distributed over its bottom , and form layers , like our present strata . The ...
... sufficient to dissolve them . No rivers therefore could have flown from them , and consequently no detritus could have been borne from them to the sea , to be distributed over its bottom , and form layers , like our present strata . The ...
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... sufficiently show that the expedients by which it has been supposed that the narrative in Genesis is brought into harmony with the doctrines of geology , so far from answering that end , only serve to demonstrate that their ...
... sufficiently show that the expedients by which it has been supposed that the narrative in Genesis is brought into harmony with the doctrines of geology , so far from answering that end , only serve to demonstrate that their ...
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... sufficiently show , that the con- tradiction which the modern theory of geology pre- sents to the record of the creation by Moses , naturally leads those who assent to it , to regard that record as erroneous , and prepares the way for a ...
... sufficiently show , that the con- tradiction which the modern theory of geology pre- sents to the record of the creation by Moses , naturally leads those who assent to it , to regard that record as erroneous , and prepares the way for a ...
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... sufficient for the purpose of the present inquiry , which relates to races of animals and plants , not only anterior to man , but even to the elevation of most parts of our continents from beneath the waters of the ocean ...
... sufficient for the purpose of the present inquiry , which relates to races of animals and plants , not only anterior to man , but even to the elevation of most parts of our continents from beneath the waters of the ocean ...
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