Excerpt from Aspects of the Earth: A Popular Account of Some Familiar Geological Phenomena Those long engaged in the study of nature acquire a deep and abiding interest in phenomena, however separated these may be from the ordinary experience of men, or apart fromcommon subjects of thought. Now and then a youth may be found who, by some odd chance of birth, has almost from the cradle a passion for scientific pursuits; but with most the taste for nature, beyond the mere admiration of the beautiful things of the world. Is slowly acquired: they must proceed gradually by, way of the matters which are of familiar experience, and in a measure connected with their sympathies, if thev are to attain the naturalist's spirit. It is for these very human and fortunately very numerous persons that these essays were written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.