Collecting [fossils] is a lottery, differing from most lotteries, however, in that while some of the returns may be pretty small, there are few absolute blanks and some remarkably large prizes, and every collector hopes that it may fall to his lot to win one of these, and is willing to work long and arduously for the chance of obtaining it.


Animals of the Past: an Account of Some of the Creatures of the Ancient, World (6th edition), Chapter VIII (p. 98)

Frederic Augustus Lucas Quotes

Collecting [fossils] is a lottery, differing from most lotteries, however, in that while some of the returns may be pretty small, there are few...

Collecting [fossils] is a lottery, differing from most lotteries, however, in that while some of the returns may be pretty small, there are few...

Collecting [fossils] is a lottery, differing from most lotteries, however, in that while some of the returns may be pretty small, there are few...

Collecting [fossils] is a lottery, differing from most lotteries, however, in that while some of the returns may be pretty small, there are few...