A general view of the geology of Scripture, in which the unerring truth of the inspired narrative of the early events in the world is exhibited, and distinctly proved / by the corroborative testimony of physical facts, on every part of the earth's surface.

  • George Fairholme
Date:
1833
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Credit: A general view of the geology of Scripture, in which the unerring truth of the inspired narrative of the early events in the world is exhibited, and distinctly proved / by the corroborative testimony of physical facts, on every part of the earth's surface. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. The very high interest and importance of the history of the Globe which we inhabit, will be admitted by all whose minds are capable of en- tering beyond a mere superficial consideration of the objects around us ; and the principles of curiosity, and the innate love of truth, so inhe- rent in the human mind, lead us, step by step, from the consideration of objects themselves, to the Great First Cause from whence all things have originally sprung. I have always felt an ardent desire to study, and endeavour to follow up, the theories which, from time to time, have been formed by philoso- phy, respecting the original formation and sub- sequent changes of the globe which sustains us ; and for many years of my life I have regularly studied almost every thing that has been ad- vanced on those important subjects. In the course of repeated travels over a great part of Europe, I have also had many opportunities of practically forming a judgment of the more B
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