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ages following the Azoic ? How was the Post-tertiary period the most 

 like the present ? 



307. What facts show that the earth was essentially completed 

 when man was introduced ? What is said of his control over the 

 earth ? Give the summary of the changes now going on in the earth. 



308. What is said about the preservation of the equilibrium of land 

 and ocean at the present time ? What of the comparative activity 

 of agents of change now and in former ages ? 



309. What is the distinction between the historic and the human 

 period ? What is said of history ? What of the study of the remains 

 of a people ? What is said of the Stone age of man ? What of the 

 specimens of stone implements represented in Fig. 179 ? What of the 

 Bronze age ? 



310. What of the Iron age ? What of literature in relation to these 

 ages ? What change was made in regard to the animals of the earth 

 when the age of Man began ? 



311. Mention some of the animals that have become extinct during 

 the age of Man, and state what is said of them. What is said of the 

 evidence that man is one species ? 



313. Of what nature is the grand difference between man and 

 other animals ? In what respects is man like other animals, and why? 

 What power has the human mind which the brute mind has not? 

 Mention the various results of the possession of this power. What 

 supposition has been entertained by some in regard to future prog- 

 ress? How is this seen to be unfounded ? 



CHAPTER XX. 



314. Give the comparison between the study of Astronomy and 

 that of Geology. 



315. What is said of the comparative reliability of history and the 

 record of the rocks ? What erroneous idea was entertained by some 

 in the infancy of geology ? What is said of the authenticity of the 

 two records of creation ? What of apparent inconsistencies between 

 them ? What of the proper mode of interpreting the Mosaic record ? 



316. What is said of the coincidences between the two records? 

 What is said to show that the account of Moses was divinely inspired? 

 What is said of the propriety of noticing the record of the Bible in a 

 work on geology? What were the days of the Mosaic record? What 

 objection to the view taken is mentioned, and what is said about it ? 



317. What are the various senses in which the word day is used in 

 the Mosaic account? What significant fact is stated about the use 

 of the word ? Relate the English legend about ammonites, 



318. Relate the imposition practiced in regard to this lepend. Of 



