Hence The Same Instant Which Killed The

Thus It Cannot Be Denied That The Masses Which Today Form Our Highest Mountains Were Originally In A Liquid State; For A Long Time They Were Covered By Waters Which Did Not Sustain Any Life.

To Spread Healthy Ideas Among Even The Lowest Classes Of People, To Remove Men From The Influence Of Prejudice And Passion, To Make Reason The Arbiter And Supreme Guide Of Public Opinion; That Is The Essential Goal Of The Sciences; That Is How Science Will Contribute To The Advancement Of Civilization, And That Is What Deserves Protection Of Governments Who Want To Insure The Stability Of Their Power.

My Object Will Be, First, To Show By What Connections The History Of The Fossil Bones Of Land Animals Is Linked To The Theory Of The Earth And Why They Have A Particular Importance In This Respect.

Why Has Not Anyone Seen That Fossils Alone Gave Birth To A Theory About The Formation Of The Earth, That Without Them, No One Would Have Ever Dreamed That There Were Successive Epochs In The Formation Of The Globe.

The Lowest And Most Level Land Areas Show Us, Especially When We Dig There To Very Great Depths, Nothing But Horizontal Layers Of Material More Or Less Varied, Which Almost All Contain Innumerable Products Of The Sea.