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ratio of deposition is not greater
The sea has its currents, the land its rivers; but while some of these flow from the poles towards the equator, others flow from the equator towards the poles uninfluenced by the rotatory motion; and the vast depth and extent of the equatorial seas show that the ratio of deposition is not greater in them than in the seas of the temperate regions.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIV July and October, 1871 by Various

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