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I wandered far and saw many things over a long time. Most of the things which I saw I did not understand. I looked about me and did not see that any others understood the complex pattern either. But as I wandered I could not escape the feel of things and of places and of the people in them.

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Life here is lived outdoors, for there is seldom a day in the year when it is not good to be outside.

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Geology is probably the most frustrating of all professions for the young man . Men's innate creative ability reaches its full development during their twenties and thirties. Those are years of greatest achievement in many of the sciences and arts, but rarely in geology. The geologist must apply all the basic sciences to empirical observations which are infinite in variety.

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The sureness of the geologist's judgment depends not only on the validity of his theoretical concepts and the soundness of his reasoning , but largely on how much of the earth he has seen and understood.

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Edward Owen

Edward Owen

Born: June 20, 1896
Died: February 24, 1981 (aged 84)
Bio: Edgar Wesley Owen was an American geologist from Arkansas.


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