All George Julius Poulett Scrope Quotes
- The leading idea which is present in all our [geological] researches, and which accompanies every fresh observation, the sound of which to the ear of… Accompanies
- It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation, we yet experience considerable difficulty… All
- We cannot see how the evidence afforded by the unquestioned progressive development of organised existence-crowned as it has been by the recent creation of the… Afforded
- The frontispiece of Mr. Lyell's book is enough to throw a Wernerian into fits. Book
- Geologists have usually had recourse for the explanation of these changes to the supposition of sundry violent and extraordinary catastrophes, cataclysms, or general revolutions having… Cataclysms
- As the idea imparted by the term Cataclysm, Catastrophe, or Revolution, is extremely vague, and may comprehend any thing you choose to imagine, it answers… Advance