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VII.—British Geology in relation to Earth-Folding and Faulting2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
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The history of every science may be compared to the ascent of lofty and diversified mountains, in which level benches and plateaux alternate with steep and rugged slopes. The first explorers, beginning at the base, toil upwards, hardly knowing which course to take, and having little idea of the country that lies before and above them. But they toil on, gathering information as they go, until, reaching a level resting-place, they can look back and form a more accurate conception of the country they have traversed. Still, they can see but a little way upwards, much less perceive the summit, but ascend they must, gaining an ever-widening view and grander and more just conceptions of the wide world below.
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Presidential Address to the Liverpool Geological Society, 1895.
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page 559 note 1 “Denudation of South Wales and the adjacent English Counties”: Memoirs of the Geological Survey, vol. i.Google Scholar
page 560 note 1 The authorities for these statements are principally Murchison and Ramsay, together with other authorities quoted by II. Woodward, B. in the “Geology of England and Wales.”Google Scholar
page 562 note 1 “The Geology of Eastern Berwickshire”: Memoirs of Geological Survey, p. 20. “Scenery and Geology of Scotland,” second edition, p. 122, also p. 138.Google Scholar
page 562 note 2 Ibid. p. 329.
page 562 note 3 Ibid. p. 299.
page 562 note 44 Ibid. p. 327.