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Title: God's two books; or, Plain facts about evolution, geology, and the Bible
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Price, George McCready, 1870-1963
Subjects: Religion and science Evolution
Publisher: Washington, Review and Herald
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Leaf of a fossil Eucalyptus, also found in the Cretaceous rocksof Greenland. The sassafras, tulip tree, magnolia, poplar, willow,maple, birch, elm, >etc., all flourished in profusion away withinthe arctic circle, about as far north as explorers have ever gone. on our hands, and must be put together in such a way asto lead to a safer and more modern induction than any ofthe theories of Cuvier, Smith, or Werner. In addition to these facts already enumerated, there are 138 GODS TWO BOOKS
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JAMES D. DANA, LL. D. (1813-1895)Late Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in Yale UniversityHis writings are clear, transparently candid and honest, and heas without doubt the best-known writer on geology in America. GOD^S TWO BOOKS 139 some four or five other facts about the fossil world whichare just as essential in the framing of a sound and safe in-duction. These facts must now be given: — The animal and vegetable relics found in thepolar regions uniformly testify^ that a warm cli-mate has in former times prevailed over the wholeglobe. NORDENSKIOLD, IN GEOLOGICAL MAG-AZINE, Vol. XII, PAGE 531. 1. All ofthe fossils(save a veryfew of thes o-call edGlacial age,and theyadmit o fexpl a n a-other easytion) giveus proofs ofa n almosteternalspring hav-i n g pre-vailed in the arctic regions, and semitropical conditions innorth temperate latitudes; in short, they give us proofs of asingular uniformity of climate over the globe, which we canhardly conceive possible, let alone account for.

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