"The frontispiece of Mr. Lyell's book is enough……" — George Julius Poulett Scrope

"The frontispiece of Mr. Lyell's book is enough to throw a Wernerian into fits."

— George Julius Poulett Scrope

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6 Quotes by George Julius Poulett Scrope

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The leading idea which is present in all our [geological] researches, and which accompanies every fresh observation, the sound of…
It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation,…
We cannot see how the evidence afforded by the unquestioned progressive development of organised existence-crowned as it has been by…
Geologists have usually had recourse for the explanation of these changes to the supposition of sundry violent and extraordinary catastrophes,…
As the idea imparted by the term Cataclysm, Catastrophe, or Revolution, is extremely vague, and may comprehend any thing you…

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