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of the earth. Accordingly he set himself for years patiently to 
gather and meditate over data which would throw light upon that 
Structure and its history. The mountains and glens, river-valleys 
enabling him to arrive continually at wider views of the general 
economy of nature. At one time we find him in a Highland glen 
searching for proofs of a hypothesis which he was convinced must 
be true, and, at their eventual discovery, breaking forth into such 
lus to unite in one Gummon origin ph 
their nature.” “ Hutton explains the hi 
much simplicity as grandeur. Like most 
who have o xe up new paths, he exaggerated the weiner to 
Which his conceptions could be eben But it is ar eae e not 
to view with admiration the profound penetration an the strict- 
