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3458. GEOLOGY, Imperfect knowledge of.—
I have not much indulged myself in geological
inquiries, from a belief that the skindeep
scratches which we can make or find on
the surface of the earth, do not repay our time
with as certain and useful deductions as our
pursuits in some other branches.—
To C. F. Volney. Washington ed. iv, 569.
(W.
1805)
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