James Croll famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes, we are authorized to regard them as part of the present order of Nature.
Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history.
History and geology show what an eyeblink it's been since our current, comfortable culture came about. And yet that culture is using up absolutely everything at a ferocious rate.
We can only penetrate the rind of the earth.
In geology the effects to be explained have almost all occurred already, whereas in these other sciences effects actually taking place have to be explained.
I am here tracing the History of the Earth itself, from its own Monuments.
The science of the earth... invites us to be present at the origin of things, and to enter into the very worship of the Creator.
I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since.
The successive series of stratified formations are piled on one another, almost like courses of masonry.

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