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> [The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction; he has not permitted in his works any symptom of infancy or of old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/the-author-of-nature-has-not-given-laws-to-the-universe-which-like/)

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## More by John Playfair

> [The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/the-author-of-nature-has-not-given-laws-to-the-universe-which-like/)

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> [“The ridge of the Lammer-muir hills... consists of primary micaceous schistus, and extends from St Abb's head westward... The sea-coast affords a transverse section…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/the-ridge-of-the-lammer-muir-hills-consists-of-primary-micaceous/)

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> [“It were unwise to be sanguine, and unphilosophical to despair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/it-were-unwise-to-be-sanguine-and-unphilosophical-to-despair/)

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> [ \[To\] explain the phenomena of the mineral kingdom ... systems are usually reduced to two classes, according as they refer to the origin of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/to-explain-the-phenomena-of-the-mineral-kingdom-systems-are-usually/)

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> [Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportional to its size,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/every-river-appears-to-consist-of-a-main-trunk-fed-from-a-variety-of/)

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> [Thus we conclude, that the strata both primary and secondary, both those of ancient and those of more recent origin, have had their materials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/thus-we-conclude-that-the-strata-both-primary-and-secondary-both/)

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> [To trace the series of these revolutions, to explain their causes, and thus to connect together all the indications of change that are found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/to-trace-the-series-of-these-revolutions-to-explain-their-causes-and/)

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> [Amid all the revolutions of the globe, the economy of Nature has been uniform, ... and her laws are the only things that have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-playfair/amid-all-the-revolutions-of-the-globe-the-economy-of-nature-has-been/)

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