As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we cannot estimate the duration of what we see at present, nor calculate the period at which… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
A soil adapted to the growth of plants, is necessarily prepared and carefully preserved; and, in the necessary waste of land which is inhabited, the foundation is laid for future continents, in order to support the system of the living… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
The globe of this earth … [is] … not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power. — James Hutton Copy Share Image
If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a great event… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
Error, never can be consistent, nor can truth fail of having support from the accurate examination of every circumstance. — James Hutton Copy Share Image
In matters of science, curiosity gratified begets not indolence, but new desires. — James Hutton Copy Share Image
The result, therefore, of this physical enquiry is that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end. — James Hutton Copy Share Image
The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
With such wisdom has nature ordered things in the economy of this world, that the destruction of one continent is not brought about without… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
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