"The days of the Mosaic creation are not to be strictly construed as implying the same length of time which is at present occupied by a single revolution of our globe, but PERIODS of a much longer extent."

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Source : William Buckland (1820). “Vindiciæ Geologicæ: The Connexion of Geology with Religion, Explained in an Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before University of Oxford, May 15, 1819, on the Endowment of Readership in Geology”, p.32

William Buckland

#Revolution Quotes #Mosaics Quotes #Creation Quotes

“I'm completely uninterested in the origins of Stonehenge. I don't care about the real story behind it or whether it should be saved or not. What I'm interested in is this: in the Victorian era, you could go there as an early cultural tourist and you were given a chisel to chip off a bit of the stones and take it with you. That's what you did in Victorian times.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bollen, believermag.com. January 1, 2004.
“Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.”
“Our bodies crave exercise, and reward us in so many ways when we do so.”

Source : Jeff Galloway (2008). “Running: Getting Started”, p.59, Meyer & Meyer Verlag
“Don't be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.”

Source : George Saunders (2012). “The Brain-Dead Megaphone”, p.55, A&C Black
“Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.”
“I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool).”

Source : Song: I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart
“We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.”
“Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential - that every life matters.”

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