If catastrophic geology had at times pushed Nature to almost indecent extremes of haste, uniformitarian geology, on the other hand, had erred in the opposite direction, and pictured Nature when she was 'young and wantoned [sic] in her prime', as moving with the lame sedateness of advanced middle age. It became necessary, therefore, as Dr. [Samuel] Haughton expresses it, 'to hurry up the phenomena'.
If catastrophic geology had at times pushed Nature to almost indecent extremes of haste, uniformitarian geology, on the other hand, had erred in the … - William Johnson Sollas
If catastrophic geology had at times pushed Nature to almost indecent extremes of haste, uniformitarian geology, on the other hand, had erred in the …
- William Johnson Sollas
The age of the earth was thus increased from a mere score of millions [of years] to a thousand millions and more, and the geologist who had before be… - William Johnson Sollas
The age of the earth was thus increased from a mere score of millions [of years] to a thousand millions and more, and the geologist who had before be…
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