James Hutton Quote

Where so many living creatures are to ply their respective powers, in pursuing the end for which they were intended, we are not to look for nature in a quiescent state; matter itself must be in motion, and the scenes of life a continued or repeated series of agitations and events.


Theory of the Earth: With Proofs and Illustrations (Volume 1), Chapter I, Section I (p. 4)


Where so many living creatures are to ply their respective powers, in pursuing the end for which they were intended, we are not to look for nature in ...

Where so many living creatures are to ply their respective powers, in pursuing the end for which they were intended, we are not to look for nature in ...

Where so many living creatures are to ply their respective powers, in pursuing the end for which they were intended, we are not to look for nature in ...

Where so many living creatures are to ply their respective powers, in pursuing the end for which they were intended, we are not to look for nature in ...