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SKETCHES OF CREATION: 



A POPULAR VIEW 



SOME OF THE GRAND CONCLUSIONS OF THE SCIENCES 



IN REFERENCE TO 



THE HISTORY OF MATTER AND OF LIFE. 



TOGETHER WITH 



A STATEMENT OF THE INTIMATIONS OP SCIENCE RESPECTING THE 



PRIMORDIAL CONDITION AND THE ULTIMATE DESTINY 



OF THE EARTH AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 



By ALEXAN 



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IJSTCHELL, LLvD., 

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PEOFESBOK OF GEOLOGY, ZOOLOGY,. AND BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 

 ANT) DIRECTOR OF THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 



FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



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