...and cultivating the physical powers, even of the youngest ; for Europe's ablest philosophers declare that " geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of science next to astronomy." Were our youth early made familiar with it, it would lie comparativelv...

...of Him whose tender mercies are over all his works. It is an oft-quoted remark of Sir JFW Herschel, that " geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks next to astronomy in the scale of the sciences." We candidly think that it is coequal, and we doubt...

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...(pronounced Bref-tha). * BKEC'-CII-TZD (pronounced Ertk'^ht-ai-eO}. LESSON XVII.— BRIEF EXTRACTS. 1. "GEOLOGY, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks next to astronoiny in the scale of the sciences." — SIR JFW HERSCHEL. 2. " Every rock in the desert,...

....s LONDON : 6AYILL AJfD EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS-STEEET, COlJiKT-GAIinEN. (With a Portrait.) €t GEOLOGY, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects...in the scale of the sciences next to Astronomy."* This distinction it owes to the fact that its modern cultivators have sought within the ranks of modern...

...labours, in some measure, under it. Geology has secured its place among the inductive sciences ; and, " in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which...in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy." * It is a fixed principle of this science, — which extended observations are constantly strengthening,...

...only be obtained by dint of hard walking; while, on the other hand, Sir J. Herschel has pronounced that " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of sciences next to astronomy." What these objects are is eloquently expressed by Professor Sedgwick,...

...demonstration of the most sublime and glorious attributes of the Creator. A Herschel has pronounced that " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of sciences next to astronomy." And the history of the structure of our planet, when it shall be fully...

...demonstration of the most sublime and glorious attributes of the Creator. A Hcrschel has pronounced that " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of sciences next to astronomy." And the history of the structure of our planet, when it shall be fully...

...demonstration of the most sublime and glorious attributes of the Creator. A Herschel has pronounced that " geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of sciences next to astronomy ;" and the history of the structure of our planet, when it shall be fully...