14 Biographical Memoir of 
—Solitude took possession of me. It was as if I belonged 
to the deep whose inhabitants I had disturbed with my dar- 
ing curiosity. The dim horizon of my precarious future—a 
thousand pictures of the past, appeared and vanished again. | 
Neither sorrow nor joy could assume a distinct form; all 
feelings blunted each other—all images rocked like the boat, 
and melted into each other like the waves; it was a feeling 
such as I never experienced before or since. In the twilight, 
I could not discern the distant shore ; and here I learned the 
deep, unfathomable might with which Nature rules the soul 
—here, as in no other situation. By degrees all images be- 
came dimmer and more shadowy—the rocking motion of my 
thoughts more tranquil, gentle, and calm; the plashing of 
the waves sounded like a lullaby, and I sank, like my com- 
rades, into a deep sleep.’ ”’* 
Jameson fully acknowledged that it was from Werner we 
first derived clear and distinct views of the structure and 
classification of rocks. ‘“ We are chiefly indebted to the 
reports of Werner’s pupils,” says Conybeare, “ especially 
to those of Jameson, for our knowledge of Werner’s general 
views, so fully developed in his lectures, and there only.” 
And Conybeare further states, that Jameson first divulged 
to this country that the various species of organic remains 
grouped together in the rock’ formations, determined the age 
of the formations, and were of the utmost importance in a 
practical point of view. ‘“ Werner taught,’ says Jameson, 
“that mineralogical and geological characters, and cha- 
racters derived from organic remains, were to be employed 
in determining formations, and that probably the same ge- 
neral geological arrangements would be found to prevail 
throughout the earth. But, he added, the truth or falsity 
of this view in regard to the similarity of formations can only 
be determined by the united labours of geologists, continued 
for a long series of years. He attached much importance to 
the mineralogical and geological characters ; and in this he 
was right, notwithstanding all that has been said to the con- 
trary. What are modern geologists at this moment doing, 
* Steffen in his “ Was ich erlebte.” 
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