"Man is made for science; he reasons from……" — James Hutton
"Man is made for science; he reasons from effects to causes, and from causes to effects; but he does not always reason without error. In reasoning, therefore, from appearances which are particular, care must be taken how we generalize; we should be cautious not to attribute to nature, laws which may perhaps be only of our own invention."
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James Hutton
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14 Quotes by James Hutton
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As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is…
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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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[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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