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" 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 181
by John Augustine Zahm - 1896 - 461 pages
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Calcutta Review, Volume 35

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'...
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Seven Answers to the Seven Essays and Reviews, Page 5

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...
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Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club

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...
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The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species

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,...
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The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species

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...
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The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species

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...
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Physical Geography

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...
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Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club

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...
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Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club

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,...
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The Irish ecclesiastical record, Volume 9

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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