“The course of the line we indicated as forming our grandest terrestrial fold [along the shores of Japan] returns upon itself. It is an endless fold, an endless band, the common possession of two sciences. It is geological in origin, geographical in effect. It is the wedding ring of geology and geography, uniting them at once and for ever in indissoluble union.” TwoScienceCoursesLinesCommonEffectsReturnBandUnionsPossessionRingsEndlessJapanShoreFoldsGeographyGeologyUnitingWedding Ring Author:Charles Lapworth
