 ... they are known to have been covered with luxuriant woods, verdant pastures, and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by man, nor can they become again fitted for human use, except through great geological changes, or...  Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office - Page 175by United States. General Land Office - 1868Full view - About this book
 | John Stahl Patterson - 1883 - 526 pages
...meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by man, nor can they become again fit for human use, except through great geological changes,...other mysterious influences, or agencies of which Sec. 777 '.] DESTRUCTION OF THE SOIL BY MAN. 315 we have no present knowledge, and over which we have... | |
 | Eau Claire Manor - 1886 - 620 pages
...fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to he reclaimed by man ; nor can they again become fitted for human use except through great geological...knowledge, and over which we have no prospective control. I will not pursue this branch of the subject further, lest I weary you; but it is worthy the attention... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education, United States. Office of Education - 1886 - 844 pages
...and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by 6743—^0.2 5 man, nor can they become again fitted for human use except...mysterious influences or agencies of which we have no preseut knowledge, and over which we have no prospective control. The earth is fast becoming an unfit... | |
 | American Association of School Administrators - 1887 - 326 pages
...and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by 6742— No, 2 5 man, nor can they become again fitted for human use except...or other mysterious influences or agencies of which wo have no present knowledge, and over which wo have no prospective control. The earth is fast becoming... | |
 | George Perkins Merrill - 1897 - 502 pages
...verdant pastures, and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by man, nor can they become again fitted for human use, except...knowledge, and over which we have no prospective control. The earth is fast becoming an unfit home for its noblest inhabitant, and another era of equal human... | |
 | Michigan. Forestry Commission - 1905 - 208 pages
...meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by man, nor can they again become fit for human use, except through great geological changes,...have no present knowledge, and over which we have no present control." No fact is better authenticated than that vast regions of country once fertile and... | |
 | 1905 - 508 pages
...verdant pastures and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by man ; nor can they become again fitted for human use except...or agencies of which we have no present knowledge, or over which we have no prospective control. "The destructive changes occasioned by the agency of... | |
 | North Carolina. Department of Agriculture - 1910 - 1224 pages
...verdant pastures and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimed by man, nor can they become again fitted for human use, except...or agencies of which we have no present knowledge or over which we have no present control. The earth Is fast becoming an unfit home for its noblest... | |
 | Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess - 1918 - 910 pages
...verdant pastures, and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by man; nor can they become again fitted for human use except...or agencies of which we have no present knowledge or over which we have no prospective control. The destructive changes occasioned by the agency of man... | |
 | 1919 - 716 pages
...verdant pastures, and fertile meadows, they are now too far deteriorated to be reclaimable by man ; nor can they become again fitted for human use except...knowledge, and over which we have no prospective control. " The earth is fast becoming an unfit home for its noblest inhabitant, and another era of equal human... | |
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