"As there is not in human observation proper……" — James Hutton
"As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we cannot estimate the duration of what we see at present, nor calculate the period at which it had begun; so that, with respect to human observation, this world has neither a beginning nor an end."
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James Hutton
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14 Quotes by James Hutton
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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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Time, which measures everything in our idea, and is often deficient to our schemes, is to nature endless and as…
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A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he…
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We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to…
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When we trace the part of which this terrestrial system is composed, and when we view the general connection of…
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In matters of science, curiosity gratified begets not indolence, but new desires.
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Man is made for science; he reasons from effects to causes, and from causes to effects; but he does not…
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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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To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty…
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The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers…
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There is no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.
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If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in…
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