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... Cuvier , Lyell , & c . ) Some of these systems , as may be seen in Cuvier , are little better than a mass of most extra- vagant conceptions , however ingeniously put together . His review of former systems is very judiciously suc ...
... Cuvier , Lyell , & c . ) Some of these systems , as may be seen in Cuvier , are little better than a mass of most extra- vagant conceptions , however ingeniously put together . His review of former systems is very judiciously suc ...
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... Cuvier has made the same observations , and many others ; see De la Fite's Intro- ductory Remarks ; but they must stand upon their own merits . It has been usual with offended , or perhaps rather too susceptible believers , to bring ...
... Cuvier has made the same observations , and many others ; see De la Fite's Intro- ductory Remarks ; but they must stand upon their own merits . It has been usual with offended , or perhaps rather too susceptible believers , to bring ...
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... Cuvier . ) Mr. Whewell , in his Bridgewater Treatise , very rightly observes , that in the changes that have occurred upon the globe , there are evidences of termination as well as of commencement . Before I have done with a chaos ...
... Cuvier . ) Mr. Whewell , in his Bridgewater Treatise , very rightly observes , that in the changes that have occurred upon the globe , there are evidences of termination as well as of commencement . Before I have done with a chaos ...
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... Cuvier , relative to the iron mines in the Isle of Elba . One writer , judging from the amount of rubbish carried out of them , having sup- posed them to have been wrought for more than 40,000 years ; which from the very same data ...
... Cuvier , relative to the iron mines in the Isle of Elba . One writer , judging from the amount of rubbish carried out of them , having sup- posed them to have been wrought for more than 40,000 years ; which from the very same data ...
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... Cuvier remarks , but a dash of the pen , or with greater absurdity , pretend to assign definite epochas ' , we cannot but admire the fancy from which such reveries proceed , and smile at the credulity which believes them . " In another ...
... Cuvier remarks , but a dash of the pen , or with greater absurdity , pretend to assign definite epochas ' , we cannot but admire the fancy from which such reveries proceed , and smile at the credulity which believes them . " In another ...
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