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Man Quotes by Charles Lyell
- Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of anatomy is usually commenced from,…
- Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history.
- Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many districts not yet occupied by…
- So far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction into the earth at successive geological periods of life,-sensation,-instinct,-the intelligence of the higher mammalia bordering…
- Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of…
- It is probable that a greater number of monuments of the skill and industry of man will, in the course of the ages, be collected…
- It was a profound saying of Wilhelm Humboldt, that 'Man is man only by means of speech, but in order to invent speech he must…
- The ordinary naturalist is not sufficiently aware that when dogmatizing on what species are, he is grappling with the whole question of the organic world…
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- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
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