Excerpt from The Age of the Earth and Other Geological Studies
If asked unexpectedly for an explanation of this volume, I can conceive myself replying that it is "a fortuitous concourse," but on reflexion it appears to have come together through a natural process of evolution. The majority of the articles were originally delivered as lectures or addresses, and some have already been published in scientific journals. On receiving an invitation to render these more generally accessible I very willingly accepted it, and took advantage of the opportunity thus presented for revision and expansion. The introduction of new matter once begun continued till three or four entirely new essays were the result.
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