I always feel as if my books came half out of Lyell's brain...& therefore that when seeing a thing never seen by Lyell, one yet saw it partially through his eyes.


Letter to Leonard Horner, 29 August 1844

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I always feel as if my books came half out of Lyell's brain...& therefore that when seeing a thing never seen by Lyell, one yet saw it partially...

I always feel as if my books came half out of Lyell's brain...& therefore that when seeing a thing never seen by Lyell, one yet saw it partially...

I always feel as if my books came half out of Lyell's brain...& therefore that when seeing a thing never seen by Lyell, one yet saw it partially...

I always feel as if my books came half out of Lyell's brain...& therefore that when seeing a thing never seen by Lyell, one yet saw it partially...