Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.
Since nothing can exist that does not fulfil the conditions which render its existence possible, the different parts each being must be co-ordinated … - Georges Cuvier
Since nothing can exist that does not fulfil the conditions which render its existence possible, the different parts each being must be co-ordinated …
- Georges Cuvier
Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual develop… - Georges Cuvier
Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual develop…
In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong, the servili… - Georges Cuvier
In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong, the servili…
The lowest and most level land areas show us, especially when we dig there to very great depths, nothing but horizontal layers of material more or le… - Georges Cuvier
The lowest and most level land areas show us, especially when we dig there to very great depths, nothing but horizontal layers of material more or le…
At the sight of a single bone, of a single piece of bone, I recognize and reconstruct the portion of the whole from which it would have been taken. T… - Georges Cuvier
At the sight of a single bone, of a single piece of bone, I recognize and reconstruct the portion of the whole from which it would have been taken. T…
Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed… - Georges Cuvier
Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed…
To spread healthy ideas among even the lowest classes of people, to remove men from the influence of prejudice and passion, to make reason the arbite… - Georges Cuvier
To spread healthy ideas among even the lowest classes of people, to remove men from the influence of prejudice and passion, to make reason the arbite…
My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why th… - Georges Cuvier
My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why th…
The observer listens to nature: the experimenter questions and forces her to reveal herself. - Georges Cuvier
The observer listens to nature: the experimenter questions and forces her to reveal herself.
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