James Hutton Quote

This globe of the earth is a habitable world; and on its fitness for this purpose, our sense of wisdom in its formation must depend.

The Theory of the Earth (Volume 1), Part I, Chapter I, Section I (p. 4)

This globe of the earth is a habitable world; and on its fitness for this purpose, our sense of wisdom in its formation must depend.

This globe of the earth is a habitable world; and on its fitness for this purpose, our sense of wisdom in its formation must depend.

This globe of the earth is a habitable world; and on its fitness for this purpose, our sense of wisdom in its formation must depend.

This globe of the earth is a habitable world; and on its fitness for this purpose, our sense of wisdom in its formation must depend.