THE AGE OF THE WORLD.
It must be acknowledged, says tho New Zealand Herald, that philosophers of the present day know a vast amount | concerning the age of oar earth, or the number of years or centuries that elapsed since human life began. They who take the Bible ia its literal signification for their rale of faith and practice, fed insulted if anyone suggests that life on earth began more than about 6000 years ago. But professor P. G. Tait, of the University of Edinburgh, in bit lectures on ieoent advances in physical science, when considering the question how long life has been possible on the earth, concludes that I^ooo,ooo of years ii tie utmost that can be allowed from the physical point a view for all the changes that have taken place on the earth's surface since vegetable life of the lowest known form was capable of existing there* Opposed to this is the viewof the most eminent modern geologists, that at least 300,000,000 of years have passed away since terrestrial life began. Boys, how many centenial exhibitions could have been held during that impressiveperiod? Who will answer the question?
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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 217, 17 January 1877, Page 2
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191THE AGE OF THE WORLD. Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 217, 17 January 1877, Page 2
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