(Reprinted with permission of Syndics of Cambridge University Library, DAR 123:140)
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When we multiply the effects of earthquakes, elevating forces in raising continents, & forming mountain-chains, when we estimate the matter removed by the waves of the sea, on beaches— we really, measure the rapidity of change of form, & instincts in the animal kingdom.— It is the unit of our calendar.— epochs & creations, reduce themselves to the revolutions of our system in the Heavens.— […]
