Earth Features and Their Meaning An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader
CHAPTER I
THE COMPILATION OF EARTH HISTORY
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The sources of the history—Subdivisions of geology—The study of earth features and their significance—Tabular recapitulation—Geological processes not universal—Change, and not stability, the order of nature—Observational geology _versus_ speculative philosophy—The scientific attitude and temper—The value of the hypothesis—Heading references 1