Charles Lyell Quote

In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the earth's history, so far at least as relates to its earliest inhabitants.

Travels in North America (1845), Vol. 1

In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the...

In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the...

In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the...

In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the...