Sketch-book of popular geology

Nature is a vast tablet, inscribed with signs

Nature is a vast tablet, inscribed with signs, each of which has its own significancy, and becomes poetry in the mind when read; and geology is simply the key by which myriads of these signs, hitherto indecipherable, can be unlocked and perused, and thus a new province added to the poetical domain.

Jun 12, 2012 1 1

• nature
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• symbol