Time and Change John Burroughs Time and Change Table of Contents Time and Change......................................................................................................................................................1 John Burroughs..............................................................................................................................................2 PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................4 I. THE LONG ROAD.................................................................................................................................................5 I......................................................................................................................................................................6 II...................................................................................................................................................................10 III..................................................................................................................................................................12 IV.................................................................................................................................................................13 V...................................................................................................................................................................14 VI.................................................................................................................................................................16 II. THE DIVINE ABYSS..........................................................................................................................................20 I....................................................................................................................................................................21 II...................................................................................................................................................................23 III..................................................................................................................................................................25 III. THE SPELL OF THE YOSEMITE....................................................................................................................31 I....................................................................................................................................................................32 II...................................................................................................................................................................33 III..................................................................................................................................................................34 IV.................................................................................................................................................................36 IV. THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GEOLOGIST...............................................................................................38 I....................................................................................................................................................................39 II...................................................................................................................................................................43 III..................................................................................................................................................................44 IV.................................................................................................................................................................48 V. HOLIDAYS IN HAWAII....................................................................................................................................50 I....................................................................................................................................................................51 VI. THE OLD ICE−FLOOD.....................................................................................................................................61 I....................................................................................................................................................................62 II...................................................................................................................................................................64 VII. THE FRIENDLY SOIL.....................................................................................................................................65 VIII. PRIMAL ENERGIES......................................................................................................................................67 IX. SCIENTIFIC FAITH..........................................................................................................................................69 X. "THE WORM STRIVING TO BE MAN"...........................................................................................................73 XI. THE PHANTOMS BEHIND US........................................................................................................................76 I....................................................................................................................................................................77 II...................................................................................................................................................................80 IV.................................................................................................................................................................84 V...................................................................................................................................................................86 XII. THE HAZARDS OF THE PAST......................................................................................................................87 I....................................................................................................................................................................88 II...................................................................................................................................................................90 III..................................................................................................................................................................93 XIII. THE GOSPEL OF NATURE...........................................................................................................................94 I....................................................................................................................................................................95 II...................................................................................................................................................................97 III..................................................................................................................................................................99 IV...............................................................................................................................................................102 V.................................................................................................................................................................104 i Time and Change Time and Change 1 Time and Change John Burroughs This page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • PREFACE • I. THE LONG ROAD • I • II • III • IV • V • VI • II. THE DIVINE ABYSS • I • II • III • III. THE SPELL OF THE YOSEMITE • I • II • III • IV • IV. THROUGH THE EYES OF THE GEOLOGIST • I • II • III • IV • V. HOLIDAYS IN HAWAII • I • VI. THE OLD ICE−FLOOD • I • II • VII. THE FRIENDLY SOIL • VIII. PRIMAL ENERGIES • IX. SCIENTIFIC FAITH • X. "THE WORM STRIVING TO BE MAN" • XI. THE PHANTOMS BEHIND US John Burroughs 2 Time and Change • I • II • IV • V • XII. THE HAZARDS OF THE PAST • I • II • III • XIII. THE GOSPEL OF NATURE • I • II • III • IV • V Produced by Charles Aldarondo John Burroughs 3 Time and Change PREFACE I suspect that in this volume my reader will feel that I have given him a stone when he asked for bread, and his feeling in this respect will need no apology. I fear there is more of the matter of hard science and of scientific speculation in this collection than of spiritual and aesthetic nutriment; but I do hope the volume is not entirely destitute of the latter. If I have not in some degree succeeded in transmuting my rocks into a kind of wholesome literary bread, or, to vary the figure, in turning them into a soil in which some green thing or flower of human interest and emotion may take root and grow, then, indeed, have I come short of the end I had in view. I am well aware that my own interest in geology far outruns my knowledge, but if I can in some degree kindle that interest in my reader, I shall be putting him on the road to a fuller knowledge than I possess. As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the