...ancient times recorded in history, the face of the earth hath suffered little change', and therefore 'if the mountains were not from the beginning, either the world is a great deal older than is imagined, there being an incredible space of time required to work such changes... or in the primitive...

...should be found at high elevations. And he summarized the alternative implications of these facts: if the Mountains were not from the beginning, either the World is a great deal older than is imagined or believed, there being an incredible space of time required to work such changes as raising...