﻿GEOLOGICAL 
  TIME. 
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  jealous 
  of 
  the 
  conclusions 
  of 
  science 
  in 
  this 
  

   matter. 
  The 
  question 
  is, 
  after 
  all, 
  a 
  small 
  

   one. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  thousand 
  years 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  ; 
  and 
  thousands 
  of 
  years 
  are 
  as 
  

   less 
  than 
  seconds 
  in 
  the 
  Creative 
  Days. 
  The 
  

   estimates 
  of 
  Time 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  us 
  

   by 
  Geology 
  have 
  been 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  

   estimates 
  of 
  Space 
  given 
  us 
  by 
  Astronomy. 
  

   But 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  difference. 
  There 
  

   is 
  no 
  visible 
  limit 
  to 
  Astronomical 
  Space. 
  

   The 
  apparent 
  magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  

   Heavenly 
  Bodies 
  shows 
  that 
  millions 
  of 
  miles 
  

   are 
  quantities 
  inappreciable 
  even 
  to 
  our 
  eyes, 
  

   and 
  that 
  worlds 
  are 
  scattered 
  like 
  dust 
  through 
  

   illimitable 
  depths. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  with 
  Geo- 
  

   logical 
  Time. 
  Its 
  periods 
  are 
  indeed 
  very 
  

   long, 
  but 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  them 
  can 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  