It Must Always Be Borne

I Envy No Quality Of The Mind Or Intellect In Others; Not Genius, Power, Wit, Nor Fancy; But, If I Could Choose What Would Be Most Delightful, And, I Believe, Most Useful To Me, I Should Prefer A Firm Religious Belief To Every Other Blessing.

Language Is Not Only The Vehicle Of Thought, It Is A Great And Efficient Instrument In Thinking.

Life Is Made Up, Not Of Great Sacrifices Or Duties, But Of Little Things, In Which Smiles And Kindness, And Small Obligations Given Habitually, Are What Preserve The Heart And Secure Comfort.

And By The Influence Of Heat, Light, And Electrical Powers, There Is A Constant Series Of Changes; Matter Assumes New Forms, The Destruction Of One Order Of Beings Tends To The Conservation Of Another; Solution And Consolidation, Decay And Renovation, Are Connected; And Whilst The Parts Of The System Continue In A State Of Fluctuation And Change, The Order And Harmony Of The Whole Remain Unalterable.

Geology, Perhaps More Than Any Other Department Of Natural Philosophy, Is A Science Of Contemplation. It Requires No Experience Or Complicated Apparatus, No Minute Processes Upon The Unknown Processes Of Matter. It Demands Only An Enquiring Mind And Senses Alive To The Facts Almost Everywhere Presented In Nature. And As It May Be Acquired Without Much Difficulty, So It May Be Improved Without Much Painful Exertion.