...to quote it in connexion with what is after all only a series of attempts to climb a high mountain: To abstract the mind from all local emotion would...future predominate over the present, advances us in dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct...

...would like to dedicate the book to him. Mike Walker October, 2004 Dating Methods and the Quaternary Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses;...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Samuel Johnson 1.1 Introduction The Quaternary is the most recent period of the geological record....

...the plains of Marathon," adding, "or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona." For, "Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses,...present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings." Thus we in some measure see the due proportion of things, and the greatness and the littleness of human...

...giving it shape and emotional resonance. Toward the end of the Journey, Johnson memorably observes, "Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses;...predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of human beings" (148). This may seem an eccentric philosophical dictum for a travel writer to adopt,...