Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 106
re were any large continents as at the presenttime, but rather a host of islands lying where thegreat lands now are, the budding tops of the continentsjust appearing above the sea. Although the life of this time was far simpler thanat the present day, it had about as great variety as wewould find… … Some Records of the Rocks 79 many million years without any great change in theworld. Hosts of species lived and died; half a dozentimes or more the hfe of the earth was greatlychanged. New species came much like those that hadgone before, and only ahttle gain here and therewas perceptible at…
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