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basilisks�察  �and     krakens�察  �the   breeding   of   bees   out   of   a   dead   ox�察  �and   of 

geese     from     barnacles�察    �or   theories�察   �like  those    of  elements�察    �the   VIS 

PLASTRIX in           Nature�察�animal spirits�察�and the other musty heirlooms of 

Aristotleism       and   Neo´platonism���察       �to  try   to  make     a  science     popular�察�

which      as   yet   was    not    even    a  science     at   all。   Honour       to   them�察�

nevertheless。        Honour      to   Ray    and   his   illustrious    contemporaries       in 

Holland and   France。         Honour  to Seba  and Aldrovandus�察�to   Pomet�察 �with 

his   ;Historie   of   Drugges�察─  �even   to   the   ingenious   Don   Saltero�察  �and      his 

tavern´museum in Cheyne Walk。                Where all was chaos�察�every man               was 

useful who could contribute a single spot of organized standing                       ground 

in   the   shape   of   a   fact   or   a   specimen。  But   it   is   a   question  whether 

Natural   History   would   have   ever   attained   its   present       honours�察  �had   not 

Geology  arisen�察�to   connect   every  other branch   of            Natural   History  with 

problems   as   vast   and   awful   as   they  are    captivating   to   the   imagination。 

Nay�察�the very opposition with            which Geology met was of as great benefit 

to the sister sciences as        to itself。    For�察�when questions belonging to the 

most     sacred    hereditary      beliefs   of  Christendom       were    supposed      to  be 

affected     by   the   verification     of   a   fossil   shell�察  �or   the   proving   that   the 

Maestricht ;homo diluvii testis; was�察�after all�察�a monstrous eft�察                 �it became 



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necessary to work upon Conchology�察�Botany�察�and                 Comparative Anatomy�察�

with a care and a reverence�察�a caution and a             severe induction�察�which had 

been never before applied to them�察�and              thus gradually�察�in the last half´ 

century�察�the whole choir of         cosmical sciences have acquired a soundness�察�

severity�察�and fulness�察      �which render them�察�as mere intellectual exercises�察�

as valuable to a      manly mind as Mathematics and Metaphysics。 

     But    how   very   lately   have   they   attained   that  firm   and   honourable 

standing     ground�     �It   is  a  question    whether�察   �even    twenty    years   ago�察�

Geology�察�as it then stood�察�was worth troubling one's head about�察�so                  little 

had   been    really   proved。    And   heavy   and   uphill   was   the   work�察    �even 

within the last fifteen years�察�of those who stedfastly set            themselves to the 

task of proving and of asserting at all risks�察           �that the Maker of the coal 

seam and the diluvial cave could not be              a ;Deus quidam deceptor�察─�and 

that the facts which the rock and the           silt revealed were sacred�察�not to be 

warped or trifled with for the         sake of any cowardly and hasty notion that 

they contradicted His        other messages。       When a few more years are past�察�

Buckland and        Sedgwick�察�Murchison and Lyell�察�Delab �c he and Phillips�察�

Forbes and      Jamieson�察�and the group of brave men who accompanied and 

followed      them�察�will be looked back to as moral benefactors of their race�察�

and     almost    as   martyrs�察   �also�察  �when     it  is  remembered        how    much 

misunderstanding�察�obloquy�察�and plausible folly they had to endure                    from 

well´meaning        fanatics   like   Fairholme     or   Granville     Penn�察  �and     the 

respectable mob at their heels who tried ��as is the fashion in               such cases�� 

to make   a hollow   compromise between   fact and   the Bible�察             �by  twisting 

facts just enough to make them fit the fancied meaning                of the Bible�察�and 

the   Bible   just   enough   to   make   it   fit   the   fancied meaning   of   the   facts。 

But there were a few who would have no                compromise�察�who laboured on 

with a noble recklessness�察�determined            to speak the thing which they had 

seen�察�and neither more nor less�察         �sure that God could take better care than 

they of His own        everlasting truth。     And now they have conquered�此            �the 

facts which      were twenty years ago denounced as contrary to Revelation�察�

are at    last accepted not merely as consonant with�察�but as corroborative 

thereof�察    �and   sound    practical    geologists    ´  like   Hugh     Miller�察  �in  his 

;Footprints   of   the   Creator�察─  �and   Professor   Sedgwick�察  �in   the   invaluable 



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notes to his ;Discourse on the Studies of Cambridge; ´                   have wielded in 

defence      of  Christianity    the   very   science    which    was     faithlessly    and 

cowardly expected to subvert it。 

     But if you seek�察�reader�察�rather for pleasure than for wisdom�察�you                  can 

find it in such studies�察�pure and undefiled。 

     Happy�察    �truly�察  �is  the  naturalist。    He     has   no  time    for  melancholy 

dreams。      The     earth   becomes     to  him    transparent�察   �everywhere      he  sees 

significancies�察     �harmonies�察    �laws�察  �chains   of   cause   and   effect   endlessly 

interlinked�察�which draw him out of the narrow sphere of                  self´interest and 

self´pleasing�察    �into   a  pure   and   wholesome       region    of   solemn     joy  and 

wonder。      He goes up some Snowdon valley�察�to him                  it is a solemn spot 

��though unnoticed by his companions���察�where the                   stag's´horn clubmoss 

ceases to straggle across the turf�察�and the           tufted alpine clubmoss takes its 

place�此    �for   he   is  now    in  a  new    world�察    �a  region    whose     climate   is 

eternally   influenced   by   some   fresh      law   ��after   which   he   vainly   guesses 

with a sigh at his own         ignorance���察�which renders life impossible to one 

species�察 �possible      to   another。    And   it   is   a   still   more   solemn   thought   to 

him�察�that it     was not always so�察�that aeons and ages back�察�that rock which 

he    passed a thousand feet below was fringed�察�not as now with fern and 

blue bugle�察�and white bramble´flowers�察�but perhaps with the alp´ rose and 

the ;gemsen´kraut; of Mont Blanc�察�at least with Alpine                 Saxifrages which 

have now retreated a thousand feet up the mountain                    side�察�and with the 

blue    Snow´Gentian�察       �and   the   Canadian     Sedum�察    �which      have     all  but 

vanished out   of   the   British   Isles。   And   what  is   it   which   tells him  that 

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