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prehensions: (1) that the mass of cold water 1500 fathoms deep 
and 3600 miles in breadth is in a state of motion toward the 
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all consider these in their order. (1) That this immense 
mass of cold water came originally from the polar regions I, of 
course, admit, but that the whole is in a state of motion I certainly 
do not admit. There is no warrant whatever for any such assump- 
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For example, a polar under-current one- 
stream ae ico ee to keep the entire water of the globe 
(below the stratum heated by the sun’s rays) at an ice-cold tem- 
