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“With such wisdom has nature ordered things in the economy of this world, that the destruction of one continent is not brought about without the renovation of the earth in the production of another.” quote by James Hutton — Download Open image

“With such wisdom has nature ordered things in the economy of this world, that the destruction of one continent is not brought about without the renovation of the earth in the production of another.”

James Hutton

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There is no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.

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The globe of this earth … [is] … not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power.

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If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety among the individuals of that species, we must be assured, that, on the one hand, those which depart most from the best adapted constitution, will be most liable to perish, while, on the other hand, those…

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A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the necessity of those hard bodies, in the constitution of this earth, or for the permanency of the land on which we dwell, and when he finds that there are means wisely provided for the renovation of…

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We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a great event in little time; in nature, we find no deficiency in respect of time, nor any limitation with regard to power. But time is not made to flow in vain; nor does there ever appear the exertion…

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Error, never can be consistent, nor can truth fail of having support from the accurate examination of every circumstance.

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In matters of science, curiosity gratified begets not indolence, but new desires.

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The result, therefore, of this physical enquiry is that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.

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The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed…

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To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully…

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As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we…

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[It] is the little causes, long continued, which are considered as bringing about the greatest changes of the earth.

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“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated merchants or wealthy planters, had been founded by one of its illiterate slaves, who, by the sheer force of personality, charisma, and determination, liberated America from foreign rule, united the people, created an alphabet, wrote the…

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On Father's Day, we pay tribute to all in our society who have taken on the responsibilitie s and joys of fatherhood. Whether our fathers are near at hand or a continent away, with their families or watching from the light of eternity, we take this day to remember them, to say our thanks for the years they have given…

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Entire new continent can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary…

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From time to time the continent shifts, and everything that isn't fastened down slides into Southern California.

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Africa is not a country, but it is a continent like none other. It has that which is elegantly vast or awfully little.

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Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and the shape of the modern world, turned on the…

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At independence Kenya's economic indicators were equal to those of South Korea, but 45 years down the road, Korea's economy is 40 times that…

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From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent,…

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The seasons, like greater tides, ebb and flow across the continents. Spring advances up the United States at the average rate of about fifteen miles a day. It ascends mountainsides at the rate of about a hundred feet a day. It sweeps ahead like a flood of water, racing down the long valleys, creeping up hillsides in a rising tide.…

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Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause to remind…

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Today, any action anywhere on earth has an immediate repercussion on all five continents. News of a victory of the Eastern armies in Morocco…

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The workman cut to the left, still laying on his horn, and roared around the drunkenly weaving limousine. He invited the driver of the limo to perform an illegal sex act on himself. To engage in oral congress with various rodents and birds. He articulated his own proposal that all persons of Negro blood return to their native continent. He…

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