The world over which early man wandered was to him the theatre of a never-ending conflict, in which were arrayed against him impassable seas, unscalable mountains, gloomy forests peopled by deadly beasts of prey, raging streams and foaming torrents, each and all the haunts of spirits luring him to doom.


The Relations of Geology, Scottish Geographical Magazine, Volume XIX, Number 8, August, 1902

Charles Lapworth Quotes

The world over which early man wandered was to him the theatre of a never-ending conflict, in which were arrayed against him impassable seas,...

The world over which early man wandered was to him the theatre of a never-ending conflict, in which were arrayed against him impassable seas,...

The world over which early man wandered was to him the theatre of a never-ending conflict, in which were arrayed against him impassable seas,...

The world over which early man wandered was to him the theatre of a never-ending conflict, in which were arrayed against him impassable seas,...