“Astronomy concerns itself with the whole of the visible universe, of which our earth forms but a relatively insignificant part; while Geology deals with that earth regarded as an individual. Astronomy is the oldest of the sciences, while Geology is one of the newest. But the two sciences have this in common, that to both are granted a magnificence of outlook, and an immensity of grasp denied to all the rest.”
![“[Geology] opens up such wide intellectual vistas and supplies a more perfectly unified and more comprehensive conception of nature than any other science.” quote by Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d0b/rosa-luxemburg-8744_comprehensive_geology-opens-up-such-wide-intellectual_1243431.jpg)
![“[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, the other regarding geology as an exact science.” quote by Reinout Willem van Bemmelen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f59/reinout-willem-van-bemmelen-44_accounts_the-subjective-historical-element-in-geo_534299.jpg)
![“The course of the line we indicated as forming our grandest terrestrial fold [along the shores of Japan] returns upon itself. It is an endless fold, an endless band, the common possession of two sciences. It is geological in origin, geographical in effect. It is the wedding ring of geology and…” quote by Charles Lapworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/937/charles-lapworth-52504_band_the-course-of-the-line-we-indicated-as-f_937360.jpg)
![“All that comes above the surface [of the globe] lies within the province of Geography; all that comes below that surface lies inside the realm of Geology. The surface of the earth is that which, so to speak, divides them and at the same time 'binds them together in indissoluble union.' We may…” quote by Charles Lapworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5fb/charles-lapworth-52504_advice_all-that-comes-above-the-surface-of-the_1445498.jpg)
![“Nothing perhaps has so retarded the reception of the higher conclusions of Geology among men in general, as ... [the] instinctive parsimony of the human mind in matters where time is concerned.” quote by Charles Lapworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/169/charles-lapworth-52504_concerned_nothing-perhaps-has-so-retarded-the-rece_2061407.jpg)
