Excerpt from The Primeval World: A Treatise on the Relations of Geology to Theology Late investigations in Geology, have, as is well known, been hastily imagined by some to lead to conclusions at variance with certain portions of the Biblical Narrative. Those who have endeavoured to establish the discrepancy between them, have, for the most part, been adequately informed neither in Geology nor in Theology, and have been equally rash in taking for granted their own conclu sions in Geology, and their own interpretations Of ...
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Excerpt from The Primeval World: A Treatise on the Relations of Geology to Theology Late investigations in Geology, have, as is well known, been hastily imagined by some to lead to conclusions at variance with certain portions of the Biblical Narrative. Those who have endeavoured to establish the discrepancy between them, have, for the most part, been adequately informed neither in Geology nor in Theology, and have been equally rash in taking for granted their own conclu sions in Geology, and their own interpretations Of Scrip ture. Their arguments, on the other hand, have been very frequently met by many authors, some of whom have indeed displayed more zeal for religion than capacity for scientific study, but others have treated the subject with consummate knowledge alike of Geology and Religion. It seems only necessary to mention the late eloquent work of Hugh Miller, and more especially the Geology and Scripture of Dr. J. Pye Smith, to show how much genius and learning have been devoted to the cause Of religion in reference to this subject. And indeed so many books have been written On the connexion between Geology and revealed Religion, that some apology seems necessary for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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