Hours of exercise in the Alps. [Followed by] Notes and comments on ice and glaciers [&c.].1871 |
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... matters had wearied and weakened me beyond measure , and to gain a little strength I went to Killarney . The trip was bene- ficial , but not of permanent benefit . The air of those most lovely lakes was too moist and warm for my ...
... matters had wearied and weakened me beyond measure , and to gain a little strength I went to Killarney . The trip was bene- ficial , but not of permanent benefit . The air of those most lovely lakes was too moist and warm for my ...
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... Matter- horn , certainly a tremendous array . Actual contact immensely increases one's impressions of this , the hardest and strongest of all the mountain masses of the Alps ; its form is more remarkable than that of other mountains ...
... Matter- horn , certainly a tremendous array . Actual contact immensely increases one's impressions of this , the hardest and strongest of all the mountain masses of the Alps ; its form is more remarkable than that of other mountains ...
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... matter . Soon we come somewhat under the lee of the rocks , and now all risk is over , we are through the funnel , and floundering waist - deep , heedless of cre- vasses in the comparatively level slopes beyond . We plunge securely down ...
... matter . Soon we come somewhat under the lee of the rocks , and now all risk is over , we are through the funnel , and floundering waist - deep , heedless of cre- vasses in the comparatively level slopes beyond . We plunge securely down ...
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... Matter , in relation to vital phenomena , has yet to be studied , and the command of Canute to the waves would be wisdom itself compared with any attempt to stop such enquiries . Let the tide rise , and let knowledge advance ; the ...
... Matter , in relation to vital phenomena , has yet to be studied , and the command of Canute to the waves would be wisdom itself compared with any attempt to stop such enquiries . Let the tide rise , and let knowledge advance ; the ...
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... . Buckle's Royal Institution lecture , which I thought a piece of astonishing rhetoric , but of very unsound science . essential to the natural philosopher , but its matter must F 2 1861 ] THE URBACHTHAL AND GAULI GLACIER . 67.
... . Buckle's Royal Institution lecture , which I thought a piece of astonishing rhetoric , but of very unsound science . essential to the natural philosopher , but its matter must F 2 1861 ] THE URBACHTHAL AND GAULI GLACIER . 67.
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