|

|

Advertisements

Charles Lyell Quotes

‘Time’s noblest offspring is the last.’ This line of Bishop Berkeley’s expresses the real cause of the belief in progress in the animal creation Picture Quote #1

The present is the key to the past Picture Quote #1

Never was there a dogma more calculated to foster indolence, and to blunt the keen edge of curiosity, than the assumption of the discordance between the former and the existing causes of change Picture Quote #1

In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers Picture Quote #1

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation Picture Quote #1

In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason á priori on the extraordinary violence and suddenness of changes, both in the inorganic crust of the earth, and in organic types, instead of attempting strenuously to frame theories in accordance with the ordinary operations of nature Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

It is probable that a greater number of monuments of the skill and industry of man will, in the course of the ages, be collected together in the bed of the ocean than will exist at any other time on the surface of the continents Picture Quote #1

It must have appeared almost as improbable to the earlier geologists, that the laws of earthquakes should one day throw light on the origin of mountains, as it must to the first astronomers, that the fall of an apple should assist in explaining the motions of the moon Picture Quote #1

Each species may have had its origin in a single pair, or individual, where an individual was sufficient, and species may have been created in succession at such times and in such places as to enable them to multiply and endure for an appointed period, and occupy an appointed space on the globe Picture Quote #1

Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession Picture Quote #1

There is no foundation in geological facts, for the popular theory of the successive development of the animal and vegetable world, from the simplest to the most perfect forms Picture Quote #1

When the aggregate amount of solid matter transported by rivers in a given number of centuries from a large continent, shall be reduced to arithmetical computation, the result will appear most astonishing to those... not in the habit of reflecting how many of the mightiest of operations in nature are effected insensibly, without noise or disorder Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth’s surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion Picture Quote #1

Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many districts not yet occupied by man, land animals and forests now abound where the anchor once sank into the oozy bottom Picture Quote #1

Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature; it enquires into the causes of these changes, and the influence which they have exerted in modifying the surface and external structure of our planet Picture Quote #1

Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history Picture Quote #1

Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of anatomy is usually commenced from, and often confined to, his structure, that a knowledge of the archetype has been so long hidden from anatomists Picture Quote #1

The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best be cleared up by devoting ourselves to the study of the actual state of the living world, and to those monuments of the past in which the relics of the animate creation of former ages are best preserved and least mutilated by the hand of time Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

‘Time’s noblest offspring is the last.’ This line of Bishop Berkeley’s expresses the real cause of the belief in progress in the animal creation (Charles Lyell Quotes) The present is the key to the past (Charles Lyell Quotes) Never was there a dogma more calculated to foster indolence, and to blunt the keen edge of curiosity, than the assumption of the discordance between the former and the existing causes of change (Charles Lyell Quotes) In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers (Charles Lyell Quotes) In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation (Charles Lyell Quotes) In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason á priori on the extraordinary violence and suddenness of changes, both in the inorganic crust of the earth, and in organic types, instead of attempting strenuously to frame theories in accordance with the ordinary operations of nature (Charles Lyell Quotes) It is probable that a greater number of monuments of the skill and industry of man will, in the course of the ages, be collected together in the bed of the ocean than will exist at any other time on the surface of the continents (Charles Lyell Quotes) It must have appeared almost as improbable to the earlier geologists, that the laws of earthquakes should one day throw light on the origin of mountains, as it must to the first astronomers, that the fall of an apple should assist in explaining the motions of the moon (Charles Lyell Quotes) Each species may have had its origin in a single pair, or individual, where an individual was sufficient, and species may have been created in succession at such times and in such places as to enable them to multiply and endure for an appointed period, and occupy an appointed space on the globe (Charles Lyell Quotes) Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession (Charles Lyell Quotes) There is no foundation in geological facts, for the popular theory of the successive development of the animal and vegetable world, from the simplest to the most perfect forms (Charles Lyell Quotes) When the aggregate amount of solid matter transported by rivers in a given number of centuries from a large continent, shall be reduced to arithmetical computation, the result will appear most astonishing to those... not in the habit of reflecting how many of the mightiest of operations in nature are effected insensibly, without noise or disorder (Charles Lyell Quotes) Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth’s surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion (Charles Lyell Quotes) Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many districts not yet occupied by man, land animals and forests now abound where the anchor once sank into the oozy bottom (Charles Lyell Quotes) Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature; it enquires into the causes of these changes, and the influence which they have exerted in modifying the surface and external structure of our planet (Charles Lyell Quotes) Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history (Charles Lyell Quotes) Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of anatomy is usually commenced from, and often confined to, his structure, that a knowledge of the archetype has been so long hidden from anatomists (Charles Lyell Quotes) The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best be cleared up by devoting ourselves to the study of the actual state of the living world, and to those monuments of the past in which the relics of the animate creation of former ages are best preserved and least mutilated by the hand of time (Charles Lyell Quotes)