Charles Lyell Quote

We shall now conclude our remarks on the opinions entertained before the Christian era... the observation of the present course of nature presented too many proofs of alterations continually in progress on the earth to allow philosophers to believe that nature was in a state of rest or that the surface had remained and would continue to remain unaltered.


Chpt.2, p. 22 - Principles of geology (1832) Vol.1


We shall now conclude our remarks on the opinions entertained before the Christian era... the observation of the present course of nature presented...

We shall now conclude our remarks on the opinions entertained before the Christian era... the observation of the present course of nature presented...

We shall now conclude our remarks on the opinions entertained before the Christian era... the observation of the present course of nature presented...

We shall now conclude our remarks on the opinions entertained before the Christian era... the observation of the present course of nature presented...