James Dwight Dana Quotes:
Ocupation: Geologist
Life: February 12, 1813 - April 14, 1895
Birthday: February 12
Death: April 14
Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt a favorite science, it has been with the desire that man-in whom geological history had its consummation, the prophecies of the successive ages their fulfilment-might better comprehend his own nobility and the true purpose of his existence.
source: James Dwight Dana (1869). “Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special Reference to American Geological History, for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools of Science”, p.9
topic: Men, Age, Desire, True Purpose
