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... traces of the early flint - folk . The upper deposit is necessarily the newest , for it could not be laid down until after the accumulation of those below it , which must , of course , be progressively older , as they are traced deeper ...
... traces of the early flint - folk . The upper deposit is necessarily the newest , for it could not be laid down until after the accumulation of those below it , which must , of course , be progressively older , as they are traced deeper ...
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... trace backward the history of the earth if he were not provided with a clue to the interpretation of the records in which that history is contained . Such a clue is furnished to him by a study of the operations of nature now in progress ...
... trace backward the history of the earth if he were not provided with a clue to the interpretation of the records in which that history is contained . Such a clue is furnished to him by a study of the operations of nature now in progress ...
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... trace behind . Nevertheless we should be able to recover relics of some of them by searching in the comparatively ... traces of some at least of the living things that people the land . And from these fragmentary and incomplete records ...
... trace behind . Nevertheless we should be able to recover relics of some of them by searching in the comparatively ... traces of some at least of the living things that people the land . And from these fragmentary and incomplete records ...
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... trace what may be called the architecture of the planet , noting how each variety of rock occupies its own characteristic place , and how they are all grouped and braced together in the solid framework of the land . in this volume ...
... trace what may be called the architecture of the planet , noting how each variety of rock occupies its own characteristic place , and how they are all grouped and braced together in the solid framework of the land . in this volume ...
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... trace out that story , to put all the scattered materials together , and to make known by what a long succession of changes the Earth has reached its present state . An outline of what science has accom- plished in this task will form ...
... trace out that story , to put all the scattered materials together , and to make known by what a long succession of changes the Earth has reached its present state . An outline of what science has accom- plished in this task will form ...
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