James Croll quotes
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“In geology the effects to be explained have almost all occurred already, whereas in these other sciences effects actually taking place have to be explained.”
-- James CrollSource : James Croll (1875). “Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate”, p.4
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Source : Charles Lyell (1837). “Principles of Geology0: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation : In 4 Volumes”, p.134
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Source : Sir Charles Lyell, Gérard Paul Deshayes (1830). “Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation”, p.4
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Source : James Croll (1875). “Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate”, p.4
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“I am here tracing the History of the Earth itself, from its own Monuments.”
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“I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since.”
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Source : William Buckland (1836). “Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology”, p.37
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