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The profoundest facts in the earth's history prove that the oceans have always been oceans.
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Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt…
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Some writers, rejecting the idea which science had reached, that reefs of rocks could be due in any way to "animalcules," have…
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There can be no real conflict between the two Books of the Great Author. Both are revelations made by Him to man,-the…
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Science, while it penetrates deeply the system of things about us, sees everywhere, in the dim limits of vision, the word mystery.
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The grand old Book of God still stands; and this old earth, the more its leaves are turned over and pondered, the…
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Mount Shasta - a vision of immensity such as pertains to the vast universe rather than to our own planet.
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The coral zoophyte may be leveled by transported masses swept over by the waters; yet like the trodden sod, it sprouts again,…
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For nine miles along a submerged ridge, the corals rise in lumpy hillocks that spread out 100 yards or more, resembling heaped…
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Most agreeable are the memories of events and labours, connected with the cruise:- of companions in travel, ... of coral islands with…
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A map of the moon... should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or…
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Add to this the pride of achievement; the desire to rank among the successful souls on earth, and we have the factors…
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If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and…
— Henry David Thoreau
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In medieval times, the Church used to sell 'indulgences' for money. This amounted to paying for some number of days' remission from…
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Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail…
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It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other…
— Martin Luther
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A map of the moon... should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or…
— James Dwight Dana
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The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's…
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Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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One curious result of this inertia, which deserves to rank among the fundamental 'laws' of nature, is that when a discovery has…
— F. C. S. Schiller
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Bill Clinton has done some incredibly reckless, irresponsible things as president. But his campaign to expand Medicare entitlements has to rank among…
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