Critiques and Addresses"The "Critiques and addresses" gathered together in this volume, like the "Lay sermons, addresses, and reviews," published three years ago, deal chiefly with educational, scientific, and philosophical subjects; and, in fact, indicate the high-water mark of the various tides of occupation by which I have been carried along since the beginning of the year 1870"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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... islands in the Pacific are either reefs themselves , or are surrounded by reefs . The Red Sea is in many parts almost a maze of such reefs ; and they abound no less in the West Indies , along the coast of Florida , and even as far north ...
... islands in the Pacific are either reefs themselves , or are surrounded by reefs . The Red Sea is in many parts almost a maze of such reefs ; and they abound no less in the West Indies , along the coast of Florida , and even as far north ...
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... island , the reef surrounds it like a low wall , and the sea between the reef and the land is , as it were , a moat inside this wall . Such reefs as these are called " circling " when they surround an island ; and " barrier " reefs ...
... island , the reef surrounds it like a low wall , and the sea between the reef and the land is , as it were , a moat inside this wall . Such reefs as these are called " circling " when they surround an island ; and " barrier " reefs ...
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... island , would look like Vesuvius with Monte Nuovo within the old crater of Somma ; while , finally , the island with a fringing reef would have the appearance of an ordinary hill , or mountain , girded by a vast parapet , within which ...
... island , would look like Vesuvius with Monte Nuovo within the old crater of Somma ; while , finally , the island with a fringing reef would have the appearance of an ordinary hill , or mountain , girded by a vast parapet , within which ...
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... island provided with a fringing reef , such as the Mauritius , the reef would present the aspect of a terrace , its seaward face , 100 feet or more high , blooming with the animal flowers of the coral , while its surface would be ...
... island provided with a fringing reef , such as the Mauritius , the reef would present the aspect of a terrace , its seaward face , 100 feet or more high , blooming with the animal flowers of the coral , while its surface would be ...
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... island , as far out as they could live , namely , to a depth of twenty or twenty - five fathoms . One generation has succeeded another , building itself up upon the dead skeletons of its predecessor . The mass has been consolidated by ...
... island , as far out as they could live , namely , to a depth of twenty or twenty - five fathoms . One generation has succeeded another , building itself up upon the dead skeletons of its predecessor . The mass has been consolidated by ...
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