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> [If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/if-an-organised-body-is-not-in-the-situation-and-circumstances-best/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

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> [When we trace the part of which this terrestrial system is composed, and when we view the general connection of those several…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/when-we-trace-the-part-of-which-this-terrestrial-system-is-composed/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

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> [A soil adapted to the growth of plants, is necessarily prepared and carefully preserved; and, in the necessary waste of land which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/a-soil-adapted-to-the-growth-of-plants-is-necessarily-prepared-and/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

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## More by James Hutton

> [There is no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/there-is-no-vestige-of-a-beginning-no-prospect-of-an-end/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [ The globe of this earth … \[is\] … not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/the-globe-of-this-earth-is-not-just-a-machine-but-also-a-organised/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/if-an-organised-body-is-not-in-the-situation-and-circumstances-best/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/a-rock-or-stone-is-not-a-subject-that-of-itself-may-interest-a/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a great event…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/we-are-not-to-suppose-that-there-is-any-violent-exertion-of-power/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [Error, never can be consistent, nor can truth fail of having support from the accurate examination of every circumstance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/error-never-can-be-consistent-nor-can-truth-fail-of-having-support/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [In matters of science, curiosity gratified begets not indolence, but new desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/in-matters-of-science-curiosity-gratified-begets-not-indolence-but/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [The result, therefore, of this physical enquiry is that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/the-result-therefore-of-this-physical-enquiry-is-that-we-find-no/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/the-past-history-of-our-globe-must-be-explained-by-what-can-be-seen/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [With such wisdom has nature ordered things in the economy of this world, that the destruction of one continent is not brought about without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/with-such-wisdom-has-nature-ordered-things-in-the-economy-of-this/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/to-a-naturalist-nothing-is-indifferent-the-humble-moss-that-creeps/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/as-there-is-not-in-human-observation-proper-means-for-measuring-the/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [ \[It\] is the little causes, long continued, which are considered as bringing about the greatest changes of the earth. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/it-is-the-little-causes-long-continued-which-are-considered-as/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [When we trace the part of which this terrestrial system is composed, and when we view the general connection of those several parts, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/when-we-trace-the-part-of-which-this-terrestrial-system-is-composed/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

> [Time, which measures everything in our idea, and is often deficient to our schemes, is to nature endless and as nothing; it cannot limit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hutton/time-which-measures-everything-in-our-idea-and-is-often-deficient-to/)

[James Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hutton/)

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