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John Hunter made his immense acquisitions of knowledge by a similar self -
sacrifice — and nothing less than this total devotion will suffice , if we would
arrive at true eminence - a Herculean task at the present day , when the
competitors are ...
John Hunter made his immense acquisitions of knowledge by a similar self -
sacrifice — and nothing less than this total devotion will suffice , if we would
arrive at true eminence - a Herculean task at the present day , when the
competitors are ...
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An Introduction to Geology , comprising the elements of that science in its present
advanced state , & c . By ROBERT BAKEWELL . 3d edition . 8vo . London . 1828 .
3 . A New System of Geology , in which the great revolutions of the earth and ...
An Introduction to Geology , comprising the elements of that science in its present
advanced state , & c . By ROBERT BAKEWELL . 3d edition . 8vo . London . 1828 .
3 . A New System of Geology , in which the great revolutions of the earth and ...
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It is with no small pleasure , we take the present opportunity of acknowledging
the obligations that fossil geology owes , and is likely to owe , to Mr .
Featherstonhaugh . The primitive rocks , and the numerous and splendid
minerals imbedded in ...
It is with no small pleasure , we take the present opportunity of acknowledging
the obligations that fossil geology owes , and is likely to owe , to Mr .
Featherstonhaugh . The primitive rocks , and the numerous and splendid
minerals imbedded in ...
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Our present business is with GEOLOGY . This science comprises the present
appearances of the strata that compose the crust of the globe , whereon man and
all living creatures , animal and vegetable , live , move , and have their being .
Our present business is with GEOLOGY . This science comprises the present
appearances of the strata that compose the crust of the globe , whereon man and
all living creatures , animal and vegetable , live , move , and have their being .
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Whether the earths are metalloids in the interior , and become oxyds by the
contact of admitted air and water , as Sir H . Davy once supposed , we have no
means at present of ascertaining . Granting the igneous fusion of the interior
mass , a ...
Whether the earths are metalloids in the interior , and become oxyds by the
contact of admitted air and water , as Sir H . Davy once supposed , we have no
means at present of ascertaining . Granting the igneous fusion of the interior
mass , a ...
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Page 166 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 164 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are the parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them...
Page 100 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 115 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 176 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
Page 165 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...
Page 440 - On the other hand, it is perfectly clear, that the sovereign powers vested in the state governments by their respective constitutions remained unaltered and unimpaired, except so far as they were granted to the government of the United States.
Page 169 - With whom do they repose this ultimate right of deciding on the powers of the government ? Sir, they have settled all this in the fullest manner.
Page 180 - That to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party : That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Page 170 - Who made you a judge over another's servants ? To their own masters they stand or fall.