When the fluid particles composing the primeval earth settled into consistent masses, an unbroken, uniform plain was not the result; but everywhere, form, color, and density indicated the various species of matter. Verdure crept over the rich loam, long tables of sand marked the limits of the sea, and rocks of every hue stood forth from the hills. Form of aspect and movement became a law of creation. Even the unstable elements obeyed it.


The optimist (G.P. Putnam, 1850)

Henry Theodore Tuckerman Quotes

When the fluid particles composing the primeval earth settled into consistent masses, an unbroken, uniform plain was not the result; but everywhere,...

When the fluid particles composing the primeval earth settled into consistent masses, an unbroken, uniform plain was not the result; but everywhere,...

When the fluid particles composing the primeval earth settled into consistent masses, an unbroken, uniform plain was not the result; but everywhere,...

When the fluid particles composing the primeval earth settled into consistent masses, an unbroken, uniform plain was not the result; but everywhere,...