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facts just enough to make them fit the fancied meaning of the Bible察and
the Bible just enough to make it fit the fancied meaning of the facts。
But there were a few who would have no compromise察who laboured on
with a noble recklessness察determined to speak the thing which they had
seen察and neither more nor less察 sure that God could take better care than
they of His own everlasting truth。 And now they have conquered此 the
facts which were twenty years ago denounced as contrary to Revelation察
are at last accepted not merely as consonant with察but as corroborative
thereof察 and sound practical geologists ´ like Hugh Miller察 in his
;Footprints of the Creator察─ and Professor Sedgwick察 in the invaluable
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notes to his ;Discourse on the Studies of Cambridge; ´ have wielded in
defence of Christianity the very science which was faithlessly and
cowardly expected to subvert it。
But if you seek察reader察rather for pleasure than for wisdom察you can
find it in such studies察pure and undefiled。
Happy察 truly察 is the naturalist。 He has no time for melancholy
dreams。 The earth becomes to him transparent察 everywhere he sees
significancies察 harmonies察 laws察 chains of cause and effect endlessly
interlinked察which draw him out of the narrow sphere of self´interest and
self´pleasing察 into a pure and wholesome region of solemn joy and
wonder。 He goes up some Snowdon valley察to him it is a solemn spot
though unnoticed by his companions察where the stag's´horn clubmoss
ceases to straggle across the turf察and the tufted alpine clubmoss takes its
place此 for he is now in a new world察 a region whose climate is
eternally influenced by some fresh law after which he vainly guesses
with a sigh at his own ignorance察which renders life impossible to one
species察 possible to another。 And it is a still more solemn thought to
him察that it was not always so察that aeons and ages back察that rock which
he passed a thousand feet below was fringed察not as now with fern and
blue bugle察and white bramble´flowers察but perhaps with the alp´ rose and
the ;gemsen´kraut; of Mont Blanc察at least with Alpine Saxifrages which
have now retreated a thousand feet up the mountain side察and with the
blue Snow´Gentian察 and the Canadian Sedum察 which have all but
vanished out of the British Isles。 And what is it which tells him that
strange story拭 Yon smooth and rounded surface of rock察 polished察
remark察 across the strata and against the grain察and furrowed here and
there察 as if by iron talons察 with long parallel scratches。 It was the
crawling of a glacier which polished that rock´face察 the stones fallen
from Snowdon peak into the half´liquid lake of ice above察 which
ploughed those furrows。 AEons and aeons ago察 before the time when
Adam first
;Embraced his Eve in happy hour察And every bird in Eden burst In
carol察every bud in flower察─
those marks were there察the records of the ;Age of ice察─slight察 truly察
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to be effaced by the next farmer who needs to build a wall察 but
unmistakeable察 boundless in significance察 like Crusoe's one savage
footprint on the sea´shore察 and the naturalist acknowledges the finger´
mark of God察and wonders察and worships。
Happy察especially察is the sportsman who is also a naturalist此 for as
he roves in pursuit of his game察 over hills or up the beds of streams
where no one but a sportsman ever thinks of going察he will be certain to
see things noteworthy察 which the mere naturalist would never find察
simply because he could never guess that they were there to be found。
I do not speak merely of the rare birds which may be shot察the curious
facts as to the habits of fish which may be observed察 great as these
pleasures are。 I speak of the scenery察 the weather察 the geological
formation of the country察 its vegetation察 and the living habits of its
denizens。 A sportsman察 out in all weathers察 and often dependent for
success on his knowledge of ;what the sky is going to do察─ has
opportunities for becoming a meteorologist which no one beside but a
sailor possesses察and one has often longed for a scientific gamekeeper or
huntsman察who察by discovering a law for the mysterious and seemingly
capricious phenomena of ;scent察─ might perhaps throw light on a
hundred dark passages of hygrometry。 The fisherman察 too察 what an
inexhaustible treasury of wonder lies at his feet察 in the subaqueous world
of the commonest mountain burn All the laws which mould a world
are there busy察if he but knew it察 fattening his trout for him察and making
them rise to the fly察by strange electric influences察at one hour rather than
at another。 Many a good geognostic lesson察too察both as to the nature of
a country's rocks察and as to the laws by which strata are deposited察 may
an observing man learn as he wades up the bed of a trout´ stream察not to
mention the strange forms and habits of the tribes of water´insects。
Moreover察 no good fisherman but knows察 to his sorrow察 that there are
plenty of minutes察ay察hours察in each day's fishing in which he would be
right glad of any employment better than trying to
;Call spirits from the vasty deep察─
who will not
;Come when you do call for them。;
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What to do察then拭 You are sitting察perhaps察 in your coracle察 upon
some mountain tarn察waiting for a wind察and waiting in vain。
;Keine luft an keine seite察Todes´stille f r chterlich察─
as G t he has it ´
;Und der schiffer sieht bek m mert Glatte fl c he rings umher。;
You paddle to the shore on the side whence the wind ought to come察
if it had any spirit in it察tie the coracle to a stone察light your cigar察 lie
down on your back upon the grass察grumble察and finally fall asleep。 In
the meanwhile察 probably察 the breeze has come on察 and there has been
half´an´hour's lively fishing curl察 and you wake just in time to see the
last ripple of it sneaking off at the other side of the lake察leaving all as
dead´calm as before。
Now how much better察 instead of falling asleep察 to have walked
quietly round the lake side察and asked of your own brains and of Nature
the question察 How did this lake come here拭 What does it mean拭─
It is a hole in the earth。 True察but how was the hole made拭 There
must have been huge forces at work to form such a chasm。 Probably
the mountain was actually opened from within by an earthquake察 and
when the strata fell together again察the portion at either end of the chasm察
being perhaps crushed together with greater force察 remained higher than
the centre察 and so the water lodged between them。 Perhaps it was
formed thus。 You will at least agree that its formation must have been a
grand sight enough察and one during which a spectator would have had
some difficulty in keeping his footing。
And when you learn