The Pleasures of Life
The Pleasures of Life
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I asked myself, ason previous occasions, How was this colossal work performed? Who chiselledthese mighty and picturesque masses out of a mere protuberance of theearth? And the answer was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty-with the vigorof a thousand worlds still within him-the real sculptor was even thenclimbing up the eastern sky. It was he who raised aloft the waters whichcut out these ravines; it was he who planted the glaciers on the mountainslopes, thus giving gravity a plough to open out th...e valleys; and it ishe who, acting through the ages, will finally lay low these mightymonuments, rolling them gradually seaward, sowing the seeds of continentsto be; so that the people of an older earth may see mould spread, and cornwave over the hidden rocks which at this moment bear the weight of theJungfrau. " And the Alps lie within twenty-four hours of London!
Tyndall's writings also contain many vivid descriptions of glaciers; those"silent and solemn causeways . .. Broad enough for the march of an army inline of battle and quiet as a street of tombs in a buried city.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I asked myself, ason previous occasions, How was this colossal work performed? Who chiselledthese mighty and picturesque masses out of a mere protuberance of theearth? And the answer was at hand. Ever young, ever mighty-with the vigorof a thousand worlds still within him-the real sculptor was even thenclimbing up the eastern sky. It was he who raised aloft the waters whichcut out these ravines; it was he who planted the glaciers on the mountainslopes, thus giving gravity a plough to open out th...e valleys; and it ishe who, acting through the ages, will finally lay low these mightymonuments, rolling them gradually seaward, sowing the seeds of continentsto be; so that the people of an older earth may see mould spread, and cornwave over the hidden rocks which at this moment bear the weight of theJungfrau. " And the Alps lie within twenty-four hours of London!
Tyndall's writings also contain many vivid descriptions of glaciers; those"silent and solemn causeways . .. Broad enough for the march of an army inline of battle and quiet as a street of tombs in a buried city.
What to read after The Pleasures of Life?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 to read onlineMoreLess
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