Charles Lyell Quote

In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason á priori on the extraordinary violence and suddenness of changes, both in the inorganic crust of the earth, and in organic types, instead of attempting strenuously to frame theories in accordance with the ordinary operations of nature.


The Student's Lyell (ed. 1911)


In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason á priori on ...

In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason á priori on ...

In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason á priori on ...

In attempting to explain geological phenomena, the bias has always been on the wrong side; there has always been a disposition to reason á priori on ...