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Wonders of the Deep

           Higherup,theprotopithecathefirstmonkeythatappearedontheglobeisclimbingupthesteepascents.Higheryet,thepterodactyle(wing-fingered)dartsinirregularzigzagstoandfrointheheavyair.Intheuppermostregionsoftheairimmensebirds,morepowerfulthanthecassowary,andlargerthantheostrich,spreadtheirvastbreadthofwingsandstrikewiththeirheadsthegranitevaultthatboundsthesky.

           Allthisfossilworldrisestolifeagaininmyvividimagination.Ireturntothescripturalperiodsoragesoftheworld,conventionallycalled‘days,’longbeforetheappearanceofman,whentheunfinishedworldwasasyetunfittedforhissupport.Thenmydreambackedevenfartherstillintotheagesbeforethecreationoflivingbeings.Themammalsdisappear,thenthebirdsvanish,thenthereptilesofthesecondaryperiod,andfinallythefish,thecrustaceans,molluscs,andarticulatedbeings.Thenthezoophytesofthetransitionperiodalsoreturntonothing.Iamtheonlylivingthingintheworld:alllifeisconcentratedinmybeatingheartalone.Therearenomoreseasons;climatesarenomore;theheatoftheglobecontinuallyincreasesandneutralisesthatofthesun.Vegetationbecomesaccelerated.Iglidelikeashadeamongstarborescentferns,treadingwithunsteadyfeetthecolouredmarlsandtheparticolouredclays;Ileanforsupportagainstthetrunksofimmenseconifers;Ilieintheshadeofsphenophylla(wedge-leaved),asterophylla(star-leaved),andlycopods,ahundredfeethigh.

           Agesseemnomorethandays!Iampassed,againstmywill,inretrogradeorder,throughthelongseriesofterrestrialchanges.Plantsdisappear;graniterockssoften;intenseheatconvertssolidbodiesintothickfluids;thewatersagaincoverthefaceoftheearth;theyboil,theyriseinwhirlingeddiesofsteam;whiteandghastlymistswraproundtheshiftingformsoftheearth,whichbyimperceptibledegreesdissolvesintoagaseousmass,glowingfieryredandwhite,aslargeandasshiningasthesun.

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