[It] is the little causes, long continued, which are considered as bringing about the greatest changes of the earth.
If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite vari… - James Hutton
If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite vari…
- James Hutton
Man is made for science; he reasons from effects to causes, and from causes to effects; but he does not always reason without error. In reasoning, th… - James Hutton
Man is made for science; he reasons from effects to causes, and from causes to effects; but he does not always reason without error. In reasoning, th…
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the necessity of those hard bodies, … - James Hutton
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the necessity of those hard bodies, …
Error, never can be consistent, nor can truth fail of having support from the accurate examination of every circumstance. - James Hutton
Error, never can be consistent, nor can truth fail of having support from the accurate examination of every circumstance.
With such wisdom has nature ordered things in the economy of this world, that the destruction of one continent is not brought about without the renov… - James Hutton
With such wisdom has nature ordered things in the economy of this world, that the destruction of one continent is not brought about without the renov…
We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a great event in little time; in nature, … - James Hutton
We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a great event in little time; in nature, …
A soil adapted to the growth of plants, is necessarily prepared and carefully preserved; and, in the necessary waste of land which is inhabited, the … - James Hutton
A soil adapted to the growth of plants, is necessarily prepared and carefully preserved; and, in the necessary waste of land which is inhabited, the …
There is no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end. - James Hutton
There is no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end.
The globe of this earth … [is] … not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power. - James Hutton
The globe of this earth … [is] … not just a machine but also a organised body as it has a regenerative power.
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