John Playfair Quote

The inhabitants of the globe, then, like all the other parts of it, are subject to change. It is not only the individual that perishes, but whole species, and even perhaps genera, are extinguished.

The Works of John Playfair (Volume 1), Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory, Paragraph 413 (p. 458)

The inhabitants of the globe, then, like all the other parts of it, are subject to change. It is not only the individual that perishes, but whole...

The inhabitants of the globe, then, like all the other parts of it, are subject to change. It is not only the individual that perishes, but whole...

The inhabitants of the globe, then, like all the other parts of it, are subject to change. It is not only the individual that perishes, but whole...

The inhabitants of the globe, then, like all the other parts of it, are subject to change. It is not only the individual that perishes, but whole...