The geologist has been able to turn back a few leaves of the earth's past history, and, though the pages have been defaced and mutilated by Time's unsparing hand, he is yet able to read in them of many strange vicissitudes to which the continents and oceans of our globe have been exposed.
Other Worlds than Ours; The Plurality of Worlds Studies Under the, Light of Recent Scientific Researches, Chapter I (p. 24), D. Appleton & Co. 1898
