"Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific……" — Edward Forbes
"Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific or unscientific, who boast at all fitting occasions of their aptitude to rule the waves, should know something of the population of their saline empire, especially of those parts of it immediately in contact with their terrestrial domain, and the coasts of the Continent to which our United Kingdom appertains."
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Edward Forbes
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14 Quotes by Edward Forbes
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In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and…
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[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings,…
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Zero of Animal Life probably about 300 fathoms.
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As we descend deeper and deeper in this region its inhabitants become more and more modified, and fewer and fewer,…
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The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for…
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...It is a very remarkable fact that the species of shell-fish common to Greenland and Finmark are not all inhabitants…
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Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space. Moreover, all our…
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As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is…
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I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can…
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The corals do not look much worn, but still appear to have been dead. There are some delicate shells of…
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The naturalists of yore esteemed the ocean to be a treasury of wonders, and sought therein for monstrosities and organisms…
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Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space.
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