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Geology differs from physics, chemistry, and biology in that the possibilities for experiment are limited.
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We will be able to depart this life with the quiet peace-giving notion, that we were permitted to contribute to the happiness…
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Experiments in geology are far more difficult than in physics and chemistry because of the greater size of the objects, commonly outside…
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Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is…
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As geology is essentially a historical science, the working method of the geologist resembles that of the historian. This makes the personality…
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[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these questions depends…
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[The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists: one considering geology as…
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There is, however, no universal recipe for scientific advance. It is a matter of groping forward into terra incognita of the outer…
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In our lives we have known hell and heaven; the final balance, however, is that we helped pave the way to dynamic…
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Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is…
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If you are a member of the media, you belong to the public. You've made that Faustian bargain with your public. Take…
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A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and…
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The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is…
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The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for…
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Its clear that what he offers its a faustian pact.you get a a McDonald's version of a career-its cheap and it wont…
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