| Show MISSOURI IS ANCIENT alps are ta is compared will with the ag As of the ozarks men lien si eak in wonderful words of the beauty of jun jum of the grandeur gian deur of ei everest eest of the ive im e ling clil lyons of the west of the andes andes ind the alps but no man has ei ei looked i a scene moi moie e inc tive to thourl t and profound meditative kedit itne ima in atlon thin the rug rugged ed I 1 Us ils of the lower ozill s lie ile who cl n bs tl e tui tin i st ands upon a peak of the modem m world orld but ta tie e man who stands upon the h ahlai ds of oz irl cou con ity looks upon land 0 old that the brain becomes weady in at tempting to mease e its iges ages thou though ii measurement be mad in epochs not in tl of s says the st lo 10 i s e the himalaya mountains hal have ve during some come thousands oi 01 in I 1 I 1 ons of beirs poured their deposits in to th tint thit it body of wafer which we know as china sea and by falling the basin of that sea hue have depo deposited so much alluvium allu im that the empire of chi chim ni with its untold population now mccu pies the space over which the water once flowed unie trained look to your maps and rote how large the lo lowlands ands of ch wi lie tie conjecture the depth of the alluvium deposit in toe lowlands and then comprehend if you nou can the ages during which the flroa liya mountains bains have haie been busy filling llin up the ba basin of the sea and by ws wish b of the tides and overflow of the building the land of china as we know it today to day the brain of the effort e are In capille of compre 1 bending such almost infinite time and yet we know the mountain ranges of asia are the youngest mountain range ranged on earth and that the lowlands of china belong to the list last day we may graso a sug suggestion estion of facts by comparison som sometimes ellmes if the III himalayas in alayos are the youngest the oz arks aie ate the oldest of the mountain mount lin ranges and between the dates which gave them b ith the mountains the the apennines the alps I 1 tl e endes the nevadas the tie cir cass ans the Caucus us ohp gr at counti n ranges of australia ind africa had b rth I 1 let et tl ese were not reared suddenly by some continent ere alln abing explosion but slowly shiely te ten n derly as is it becomes moti er eaith to develop her glint grint children chil dien |
