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Generally speaking, geologists seem to have been much more intent on making little worlds of their own, than in examining the crust of that which… — Henry De la Beche
Geology has shared the fate of other infant sciences, in being for a while considered hostile to revealed religion; so like them, when fully understood,… — William Buckland
Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our Knowledge, and by… — William Buckland
I admitted, that the world had existed millions of years. I am astonished at the ignorance of the masses on these subjects. Hugh Miller has… — James A. Garfield
I am here tracing the History of the Earth itself, from its own Monuments. — Jean-Andre Deluc
In geology the effects to be explained have almost all occurred already, whereas in these other sciences effects actually taking place have to be explained. — Unknown Author
In geology we cannot dispense with conjectures: [but] because we are condemned to dream let us ensure that our dreams are like those of sane… — Unknown Author
It is demonstrable from Geology that there was a period when no organic beings had existence: these organic beings must therefore have had a beginning… — William Buckland
It was during my enchanted days of travel that the idea came to me, which, through the years, has come into my thoughts again and… — Hans Cloos
Much as I admired the elegance of physical theories, which at that time geology wholly lacked, I preferred a life in the woods to one… — John Tuzo Wilson
One of the grandest figures that ever frequented Eastern Yorkshire was William Smith, the distinguished Father of English Geology. My boyish reminiscence of the old… — William Crawford Williamson
The field of the Geologist's inquiry is the Globe itself, ... [and] it is his study to decipher the monuments of the mighty revolutions and… — William Buckland
The human mind has a natural tendency to explore what has passed in distant ages in scenes with which it is familiar: hence the taste… — William Buckland
The science of the earth... invites us to be present at the origin of things, and to enter into the very worship of the Creator. — Unknown Author
The successive series of stratified formations are piled on one another, almost like courses of masonry. — William Buckland
This boulder seemed like a curious volume, regularly paged, with a few extracts from older works. Bacon tells us that "some books are to be… — Archibald Geikie
We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a great event in… — James Hutton
We may observe in some of the abrupt grounds we meet with, sections of great masses of strata, where it is as easy to read… — Jean-Andre Deluc
When we trace the part of which this terrestrial system is composed, and when we view the general connection of those several parts, the whole… — James Hutton
With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting the low antiquity of the… — William Buckland
[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history, which has all… — Edward Forbes
[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these questions depends on the "school"… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
[The] first postulate of the Principle of Uniformity, namely, that the laws of nature are invariant with time, is not peculiar to that principle or… — M. King Hubbert
[The] subjective [historical] element in geologic studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists: one considering geology as a creative art,… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
Philosophers, if they have much imagination, are apt to let it loose as well as other people, and in such cases are sometimes led to… — Unknown Author

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