"The present is the key to the past" — Charles Lyell

"The present is the key to the past"

— Charles Lyell

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37 Quotes by Charles Lyell

Charles Lyell has 37 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of…
Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history.
Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of…
Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many…
Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of…
There is no foundation in geological facts, for the popular theory of the successive development of the animal and vegetable…
[My Book] will endeavour to establish the principle[s] of reasoning in ... [geology]; and all my geology will come in…
Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals…
When the aggregate amount of solid matter transported by rivers in a given number of centuries from a large continent,…
So far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction into the earth at successive geological periods of life,-sensation,-instinct,-the intelligence…
I may conclude this chapter by quoting a saying of Professor Agassiz, that whenever a new and startling fact is…
The earth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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