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But move it did, and the superimposed rock must have been worn off at a rate of less than a hundredth part of an inch every year in order to lose two or three miles of it in twenty five million years. BUT MOVE IT DID AND THE SUPERIMPOSED ROCK MUST HAVE BEEN WORN OFF AT A RATE OF LESS THAN A HUNDREDTH PART OF AN INCH EVERY YEAR IN ORDER TO LOSE TWO OR THREE MILES OF IT IN TWENTY FIVE MILLION YEARS
making of that rock is so honestly and minutely recorded by nature that even those who take alarm at the word "geology" may read this record with ease. These rocky ledges that stare so proudly across the sea underlie, also, every inch of soil, and are of the same kind everywhere--granite. Granite is a rock which is formed under immense pressure and in the presence of confined moisture, needing a weight of fifteen thousand pounds upon every inch. Therefore, wherever granite is found we know that it has not been formed by deposit, like limestone and sandstone and slate and other sedimentary rocks, but at a prodigious depth under the solid ground, and by slow crystallizing of molten substances. There must have been from two to five miles of other rock lying upon the stuff that crystallized into granite. A wrinkling in the skin of the earth exposed the granite, a wrinkling so gradual that doubtless if generations of men had lived on top of the wrinkle they would have sworn it did not move. CK AND THE MAKING OF THAT ROCK IS SO HONESTLY AND MINUTELY RECORDED BY NATURE THAT EVEN THOSE WHO TAKE ALARM AT THE WORD GEOLOGY MAY READ THIS RECORD WITH EASE THESE ROCKY LEDGES THAT STARE SO PROUDLY ACROSS THE SEA UNDERLIE ALSO EVERY INCH OF THE SOIL AND ARE OF THE SAME KIND EVERYWHERE GRANITE GRANITE IS A ROCK WHICH IS FORMED UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF CONFINED MOISTURE NEEDING A WEIGHT OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS UPON EVERY INCH THEREFORE WHEREVER GRANITE IS FOUND WE KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN FORMED BY DEPOSIT LIKE LIMESTONE AND SANDSTONE AND SLATE AND OTHER SEDIMENTARY ROCKS BUT AT A PRODIGIOUS DEPTH UNDER THE SOLID GROUND AND BY SLOW CRYSTALLISING OF MOLTEN SUBSTANCES THERE MUST HAVE BEEN FROM TWO TO FIVE MILES OF OTHER ROCK LYING UPON THE STUFF THAT CRYSTALLIZED INTO GRANITE A WRINKLING IN THE SKIN OF THE EARTH EXPOSED THE GRANITE A WRINKLING SO GRADUAL THAT DOUBTLESS IF GENERATIONS OF MEN HAD IT LIVED ON TOP OF THE WRINKLE THEY WOULD HAVE SWORN IT DID NOT MOVE
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