I look at the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept, and written in a changing dialect; of this history we possess the last volume alone, relating only to two or three countries. Of this volume, only here and there a short chapter... Evolution and Dogma - Page 181by John Augustine Zahm - 1896 - 461 pagesFull view - About this book
| India - 1860 - 600 pages
...taken from a slowly ' changing drama" he goes on ; "I look at the natural geolo' gical record as a history of the world imperfectly kept, and ' written...history we possess the ' last volume alone, relating to only two or three countries^. Of ' this volume only here and there a short chapter has been pre'... | |
| John Nash Griffin - Essays and reviews - 1862 - 354 pages
...views and speculations this volume of Essays attaches considerable weight and importance. record as a history of the world imperfectly kept, and written...the last volume alone, relating only to two or three centuries. Of this volume only here and there a chapter has been preserved, and of each page only here... | |
| Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club - Herefordshire (England) - 1867 - 282 pages
...our greatest living naturalists has well said — " For my part, I look at the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept and written...and of each page, only here and there a few lines." These words show us what work Geology has still to do ; to recover another chapter or page, or even... | |
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 598 pages
...imperfectly kept, and written in a changing dialect. Of this history we possess the last volume only, relating only to two or three countries. Of this volume...and of each page only here and there a few lines. On this view the difficulties above discussed are greatly diminished, or even disappear (337). So then,... | |
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 424 pages
...stage — negative evidence is worthless ; and, lastly, \ve should look on the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept, and written...dialect. Of this history we possess the last volume only, relating only to two or three countries. Of this volume only here and there a short chapter has... | |
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 406 pages
...stage — negative evidence is worthless ; and, lastly, we should look on the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept, and written...dialect. Of this history we possess the last volume only, relating only to two or three countries. Of this volume only here and there a short chapter has... | |
| David Thomas Ansted - Physical geography - 1867 - 522 pages
...the real cause of the existence of this apparently grave objection ; he regards this record " as a history of the world imperfectly kept, and written in a changing dialect ; and of this history we possess the' last volume only, relating to two or three countries. Of this... | |
| Herefordshire (England) - 1868 - 280 pages
...our greatest living naturalists has well said—" For my part, I look at the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept and written...and of each page, only here and there a few lines." These words show us what work Geology has still to do ; to recover another chapter or page, or even... | |
| Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club - Herefordshire (England) - 1868 - 284 pages
...our greatest living naturalists has well said — " For my part, I look at the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept and written...the last volume alone, relating only to two or three countiies. Of this volume, only here and there a short chapter has been preserved ; and of each page,... | |
| Irish ecclesiastical record - 1868 - 596 pages
...death," But Mr. Darwin is not dismayed. He tells us with calm composure that the Geological Record is a " History of the World imperfectly kept and written, in a changing dialect ; that of this history we possess the last volume alone, relating only to two or three countries ;... | |
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