We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.
As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyrami… - Adam Sedgwick
As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyrami…
- Adam Sedgwick
[Vestiges begins] from principles which are at variance with all sober inductive truth. The sober facts of geology shuffled, so as to play a rogue's … - Adam Sedgwick
[Vestiges begins] from principles which are at variance with all sober inductive truth. The sober facts of geology shuffled, so as to play a rogue's …
If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass of folly, and a base injustice; moralit… - Adam Sedgwick
If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass of folly, and a base injustice; moralit…
Volcanic action is essentially paroxysmal; yet Mr. Lyell will admit no greater paroxysms than we ourselves have witnessed-no periods of feverish spas… - Adam Sedgwick
Volcanic action is essentially paroxysmal; yet Mr. Lyell will admit no greater paroxysms than we ourselves have witnessed-no periods of feverish spas…
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenome… - Adam Sedgwick
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenome…
The world is not as it was when it came from its Maker's hands. It has been modified by many great revolutions, brought about by an inner mechanism o… - Adam Sedgwick
The world is not as it was when it came from its Maker's hands. It has been modified by many great revolutions, brought about by an inner mechanism o…
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin an… - Adam Sedgwick
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin an…
Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and as we approach the period… - Adam Sedgwick
Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and as we approach the period…
From first to last it is a dish of rank materialism cleverly cooked up ... . And why is this done? For no other reason, I am sure, except to make us … - Adam Sedgwick
From first to last it is a dish of rank materialism cleverly cooked up ... . And why is this done? For no other reason, I am sure, except to make us …
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