Ocupation: Researcher
Life: February 12, 1748 - February 15, 1826
Birthday: February 12
Death: February 15
In geology we cannot dispense with conjectures: [but] because we are condemned to dream let us ensure that our dreams are like those of sane men-e.g. that they have their foundations in truth-and are not like the dreams of the sick, formed by strange combinations of phantasms, contrary to nature and therefore incredible.