Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our Knowledge, and by consequence our Power, over a third part of nature, holds a low place among intellectual employments.
Shall it any longer be said that a science [geology], which unfolds such abundant evidence of the Being and Attributes of God, can reasonably be view… - William Buckland
Shall it any longer be said that a science [geology], which unfolds such abundant evidence of the Being and Attributes of God, can reasonably be view…
- William Buckland
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 revolut… - William Buckland
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 revolut…
Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our Knowledge, and by consequence our Pow… - William Buckland
Geology holds the keys of one of the kingdoms of nature; and it cannot be said that a science which extends our Knowledge, and by consequence our Pow…
The human mind has a natural tendency to explore what has passed in distant ages in scenes with which it is familiar: hence the taste for National an… - William Buckland
The human mind has a natural tendency to explore what has passed in distant ages in scenes with which it is familiar: hence the taste for National an…
The successive series of stratified formations are piled on one another, almost like courses of masonry. - William Buckland
The successive series of stratified formations are piled on one another, almost like courses of masonry.
The field of the Geologist's inquiry is the Globe itself, ... [and] it is his study to decipher the monuments of the mighty revolutions and convulsio… - William Buckland
The field of the Geologist's inquiry is the Globe itself, ... [and] it is his study to decipher the monuments of the mighty revolutions and convulsio…
No conclusion is more fully established, than the important fact of the total absence of any vestiges of the human species throughout the entire seri… - William Buckland
No conclusion is more fully established, than the important fact of the total absence of any vestiges of the human species throughout the entire seri…
To the mind which looks not to general results in the economy of Nature, the earth may seem to present a scene of perpetual warfare, and incessant ca… - William Buckland
To the mind which looks not to general results in the economy of Nature, the earth may seem to present a scene of perpetual warfare, and incessant ca…
It is demonstrable from Geology that there was a period when no organic beings had existence: these organic beings must therefore have had a beginnin… - William Buckland
It is demonstrable from Geology that there was a period when no organic beings had existence: these organic beings must therefore have had a beginnin…
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