--- title: "4 Joseph LeConte Quotes - Famous Geologist" description: "American geologist (1823–1901)... | Joseph Le Conte was a physician, geologist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, early California co..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b056/author-joseph-leconte-73855.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joseph LeConte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b056/author-joseph-leconte-73855.jpg) # Joseph LeConte (1823–1901) Geologist **4** quotes in **50** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joseph LeConte was a geologist. ## Quick Facts About Joseph LeConte Born February 26, 1823 Died July 6, 1901 Profession Geologist ## About Joseph LeConte American geologist (1823–1901)... \| Joseph Le Conte was a physician, geologist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, early California conservationist, and eugenicist. ## Quotes by Joseph LeConte > [ One: There is a low limit of weight \[of about\] 50 pounds beyond which it is impossible for an animal to fly.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-leconte/one-there-is-a-low-limit-of-weight-of-about-50-pounds-beyond-which-it/) Joseph LeConte [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/joseph-leconte-73855_animal_one-there-is-a-low-limit-of-weight-of-ab_585346.jpg) > [It is true that the trees are for human use. But these are aesthetic uses as well as commercial uses-uses for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-leconte/it-is-true-that-the-trees-are-for-human-use-but-these-are-aesthetic/) Joseph LeConte [Aesthetic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aesthetic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/joseph-leconte-73855_aesthetic_it-is-true-that-the-trees-are-for-human_894274.png) > [There is nothing which Nature so clearly reveals, and upon which science so strongly insists, as the universal reign of law, absolute,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-leconte/there-is-nothing-which-nature-so-clearly-reveals-and-upon-which/) Joseph LeConte [Absolutes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/joseph-leconte-73855_absolutes_there-is-nothing-which-nature-so-clearly_1625053.png) > [Is it not demonstrated that a true flying machine, self-raising, self-sustaining, self-propelling, is physically impossible?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-leconte/is-it-not-demonstrated-that-a-true-flying-machine-self-raising-self/) Joseph LeConte [Computers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/joseph-leconte-73855_computers_is-it-not-demonstrated-that-a-true-flyin_2381949.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-leconte/#itemlist", "name": "Joseph LeConte Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One: There is a low limit of weight [of about] 50 pounds beyond which it is impossible for an animal to fly. 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