Mont Blanc: A Treatise on Its Geodisical and Geological Constitution; Its Transformations; And the Ancient and Recent State of Its Glaciers (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Mont Blanc: A Treatise on Its Geodisical and Geological Constitution; Its Transformations; And the Ancient and Recent State of Its Glaciers The traveller who reaches an altitude exceeding 6000 or 7000 feet above the level of the sea, might suppose that the regions he was traversing were soli tudes where silence, immobility, and death perpetually reign. Such, however, is far from being the case: on those plateaux covered with snow, and around those summits devoid of vegetation, where the pre sence of a living ...
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Excerpt from Mont Blanc: A Treatise on Its Geodisical and Geological Constitution; Its Transformations; And the Ancient and Recent State of Its Glaciers The traveller who reaches an altitude exceeding 6000 or 7000 feet above the level of the sea, might suppose that the regions he was traversing were soli tudes where silence, immobility, and death perpetually reign. Such, however, is far from being the case: on those plateaux covered with snow, and around those summits devoid of vegetation, where the pre sence of a living creature is accidental, nature is working incessantly, and as actively as in the depths of the ocean. There, it is true, organic life has no longer any share in her works, and man feels himself isolated amid a world not made for him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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