Geology and Literature

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Research Article| March 31, 1935 Geology and Literature W. H. COLLINS W. H. COLLINS Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1935) 46 (3): 355–374. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-46-355 Article history received: 07 Jan 1935 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation W. H. COLLINS; Geology and Literature. GSA Bulletin 1935;; 46 (3): 355–374. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-46-355 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract In casting about for a subject worthy of this occasion it has occurred to me that you may be willing to listen to something that is not new. For twenty years now mankind has been flogged steadily with the whip of selfish ambition, wielded first by war makers and war profiteers and afterward by a succession of interests greedy for wealth or for power. In seeking relief we have travelled farther along the road of civilization than ever before in the same time; but we are feeling the pace, and we find ourselves in strange social, economic, and political surroundings. If I am not mistaken there is an inclination to turn away from selfish competition and from utterly new situations to familiar and kinder things. The art of good writing is one of these familiar, kind things. It is so wholly beneficent that a well known Shakespearean passage might fitly . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.