“Some writers, rejecting the idea which science had reached, that reefs of rocks could be due in any way to "animalcules," have talked of electrical forces, the first and last appeal of ignorance.” WayFirstsIdeasLastsScienceForceRocksIgnoranceAccountsDuesIgnorantAppealsElectricalRejectingReefsFirsts And Lasts Book:Corals and Coral Islands Source: Corals and Coral Islands
“Most agreeable are the memories of events and labours, connected with the cruise:- of companions in travel, ... of coral islands with their groves, and beautiful life, above and below the waters, ... of lofty precipices, richly draped, even the sternest fronts made to smile and be glad, as delights the gay tropics, and alive with waterfalls, gliding, leaping, or plunging, on their way down from the giddy heights, and, as they go, playing out and in amid the foliage...” WayMadeBeautifulWaterNatureMemoriesAliveFrontsEventsGayDelightConnectedGladHeightIslandsLabourCompanionLoftyBeautiful LifeCruiseWaterfallsPrecipiceGroveGiddyFoliageTropicsGlidingAbove And Below Author:James Dwight Dana
