 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1879 - 376 pages
...set in action by man has brought the earth to a desolation almost as complete as that of the moon. " The earth is fast becoming an unfit home for its noblest...duration with that through which traces of that crime and of that improvidence extend, would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness, of... | |
 | Josiah Dwight Whitney - Climatology - 1882 - 420 pages
...fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by man, nor can they again become fitted for human use, except through great geological...duration with that through which traces of that crime and that improvidence extend, would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness, of shattered... | |
 | John Stahl Patterson - Life - 1883 - 526 pages
...other mysterious influences, or agencies of which Sec. 777 '.] DESTRUCTION OF THE SOIL BY MAN. 315 we have no present knowledge, and over which we have...duration with that through which traces of that crime and that improvidence extend, would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness, of shattered... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Natural resources - 1885 - 666 pages
...mechanical and unconscious, and does not differ from that of the wind in producing the same effect. able by man, nor can they become again fitted for human...duration with that through which traces of that crime and that improvidence extend, would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness, of shattered... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education, United States. Office of Education - Education - 1886 - 844 pages
...through great geological changes, or other mysterious influences or agencies of which we have no preseut knowledge, and over which we have no prospective control....duration with that through which traces of that crime and that improvidence extend, would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness, of shattered... | |
 | American Association of School Administrators - Education - 1887 - 326 pages
...or other mysterious influences or agencies of which wo have no present knowledge, and over which wo have no prospective control. The earth is fast becoming...for its noblest inhabitant, and another era of equal huiuau crime and human improvidence, and of like duration with that through whieh traces of that crime... | |
 | George Perkins Merrill - Petrology - 1897 - 502 pages
...historical period,' they are known to have been covered with luxuriant woods, verdant pastures, and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated...duration with that through which traces of that crime and that improvidence extend, would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness, of shattered... | |
 | North Carolina. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1910 - 1224 pages
...mysterious influences or agencies of which we have no present knowledge or over which we have no present control. The earth Is fast becoming an unfit home...era of equal human crime and human improvidence and with like duration with that through which traces of that crime and that improvidence extend, would... | |
 | Forests and forestry - 1919 - 716 pages
..."historical period," they are known to have been covered with luxuriant woods, verdant pastures, and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated...duration with that through which traces of that crime and imprSvidence extend, would reduce it to such a condition of impoverished productiveness, of shattered... | |
 | Science - 1871 - 504 pages
...question as it affects many parts of the world, leads to a perfect acceptance of his views, that " the earth is fast becoming an unfit home for its noblest inhabitant, and that another era of equal hnman crime and human improvidence and of like duration with that through... | |
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The earth is fast becoming an unfit home for its noblest inhabitant, and another era of equal human crime and human improvidence, and of like duration with that through which traces of that crime and that improvidence extend, would reduce it to such a... 
