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Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many districts not…
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Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes,…
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There is no foundation in geological facts, for the popular theory of the successive development of the animal and vegetable world, from…
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[My Book] will endeavour to establish the principle[s] of reasoning in ... [geology]; and all my geology will come in as illustration…
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Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose…
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When the aggregate amount of solid matter transported by rivers in a given number of centuries from a large continent, shall be…
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I may conclude this chapter by quoting a saying of Professor Agassiz, that whenever a new and startling fact is brought to…
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Hitherto, no rival hypothesis has been proposed as a substitute for the doctrine of transmutation; for 'independent creation,' as it is often…
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...it is quite obvious that the temperature change during the last 100 years or so includes significant natural changes, both the linear…
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Nature is not static, but causes its own, internally-generated changes - both in climate and in biological systems.
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In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to…
— Charles Lyell
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done…
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A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.
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The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first…
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The Future Is Not Some Place We Are Going To But One We Are Creating. The Paths Are Not Found, But Made,…
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The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found,…
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