Town GeologyD. Appleton, 1873 - 239 páginas |
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Página xxxv - Such societies are becoming numerous now, and gladly should I see one in every town. For in science, as in most matters, " As iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." And Brotherhood : well, if you want that
Página 191 - with burning fears, And bathed in baths of hissing tears, And battered by the strokes of doom To shape and use." And yet it was at first nought but an ugly lump of soft and shapeless ooze.
Página 159 - the free atmosphere, as light and heat once more; returning in a moment into the same forms in which it entered the growing leaf a thousand centuries since. Strange it all is, yet true. But of nature, as of the heart of man, the old saying stands— that truth is stranger than fiction.