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we must suppose all the covering of moss and heath and wood to be torn away from the sides of the mountains, and the green mantle that lies near their feet to be lifted up;

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we may then see the muscular integuments, and sinews, and bones of our mother Earth,
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It has been modified by many great revolutions, brought about by an inner mechanism of which we very imperfectly comprehend the movements; but of which we gain a glimpse by studying their effects:
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Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenomenon of vast importance
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And why is this done? For no other reason, I am sure, except to make us independent of a Creator.
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The powers of nature are never in repose; her work never stands still.
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Our chronicle seems to fail us-a leaf has been torn out from nature’s record, and the succession of events is almost hidden from our eyes.
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A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.
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And their many causes still acting on the surface of our globe with undiminished power, which are changing, and will continue to change it, as long as it shall last.
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Yet Mr. Lyell will admit no greater paroxysms than we ourselves have witnessed-no periods of feverish spasmodic energy, during which the very framework of nature has been convulsed and torn asunder.
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and so judge of the part played by each of them during those old convulsive movements whereby her limbs were contorted and drawn up into their present posture.
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Or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.
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We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.
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The world is not as it was when it came from its Maker’s hands.
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