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> [Zero of Animal Life probably about 300 fathoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/zero-of-animal-life-probably-about-300-fathoms/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

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## More by Edward Forbes

> [Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space. Moreover, all our knowledge of organic remains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/palaeontological-research-exhibits-beyond-question-the-phenomenon-of/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [ \[Geology\] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history, which has… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/geology-may-be-looked-upon-as-the-history-of-the-earth-s-changes/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [The corals do not look much worn, but still appear to have been dead. There are some delicate shells of molluscs from depths beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/the-corals-do-not-look-much-worn-but-still-appear-to-have-been-dead/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [...It is a very remarkable fact that the species of shell-fish common to Greenland and Finmark are not all inhabitants of deep or moderately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/it-is-a-very-remarkable-fact-that-the-species-of-shell-fish-common-to/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [As we descend deeper and deeper in this region its inhabitants become more and more modified, and fewer and fewer, indicating our approach towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/as-we-descend-deeper-and-deeper-in-this-region-its-inhabitants-become/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/the-naturalists-of-our-own-time-hold-equal-faith-in-the-wonders-of/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/palaeontological-research-exhibits-beyond-question-the-phenomenon-of-2/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [The naturalists of yore esteemed the ocean to be a treasury of wonders, and sought therein for monstrosities and organisms contrary to the law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/the-naturalists-of-yore-esteemed-the-ocean-to-be-a-treasury-of/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The time will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/in-truth-ideas-and-principles-are-independent-of-men-the-application/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [Moreover, all our knowledge of organic remains teaches us, that species have a definite existence, and a centralization in geological time as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/moreover-all-our-knowledge-of-organic-remains-teaches-us-that-species/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [Zero of Animal Life probably about 300 fathoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/zero-of-animal-life-probably-about-300-fathoms/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is to do justice to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/as-to-giving-credit-to-whom-credit-is-due-rest-assured-the-best-way/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific or unscientific, who boast at all fitting occasions of their aptitude to rule the waves, should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/moreover-it-is-becoming-the-britons-whether-scientific-or/)

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> [I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/i-have-in-hands-now-specimens-of-bottom-from-t-he-gulf-stream/)

[Edward Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-forbes/)

> [People without independence have no business to meddle with science. It should never be linked with lucre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-forbes/people-without-independence-have-no-business-to-meddle-with-science/)

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