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Such Discoveries Have Led Me, And Other Geologists, To Reconsider The Evidence Previously Derived From Caves Brought Forward In Proof Of The High Antiquity Of Man.

The Earth's Becoming At A Particular Period The Residence Of Human Beings, Was An Era In The Moral, Not In The Physical World, That Our Study And Contemplation Of The Earth, And The Laws Which Govern Its Animate Productions, Ought No More To Be Considered In The Light Of A Disturbance Or Deviation From The System, Than The Discovery Of The Satellites Of Jupiter Should Be Regarded As A Physical Event In The History Of Those Heavenly Bodies, However Influential They May Have Become From That Time In Advancing The Progress Of Sound Philosophy Among Men.

I May Conclude This Chapter By Quoting A Saying Of Professor Agassiz, That Whenever A New And Startling Fact Is Brought To Light In Science, People First Say, 'it Is Not True,' Then That 'it Is Contrary To Religion,' And Lastly, 'that Everybody Knew It Before.'

In The Shallow Parts Of Many Swiss Lakes, Where There Is A Depth Of No More Than From 5 To 15 Feet Of Water, Ancient Wooden Piles Are Observed At The Bottom Sometimes Worn Down To The Surface Of The Mud, Sometimes Projecting Slightly Above It.

No Tools Have Yet Been Met With In Any Of The Gravels Occurring At The Higher Levels Of The Valley Of The Seine; But No Importance Can Be Attached To This Negative Fact, As So Little Search Has Yet Been Made For Them.