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Top Charles Lyell Quotes

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Favorite Charles Lyell Quotes

1. "Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion." ~ Charles Lyell
2. "Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession." ~ Charles Lyell
3. "Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man." ~ Charles Lyell
4. "In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers." ~ Charles Lyell
5. "In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation." ~ Charles Lyell
6. "It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea." ~ Charles Lyell
7. "I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting in the Pleistocene period of a northern and southern fauna." ~ Charles Lyell
8. "In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it." ~ Charles Lyell
9. "No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of the Seine; but no importance can be attached to this negative fact, as so little search has yet been made for them." ~ Charles Lyell
10. "So far, therefore, as we can draw safe conclusions from a single specimen, there has been no marked change of race in the human population of Switzerland during the periods above considered." ~ Charles Lyell
11. "That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect." ~ Charles Lyell
12. "It must have appeared almost as improbable to the earlier geologists, that the laws of earthquakes should one day throw light on the origin of mountains, as it must to the first astronomers, that the fall of an apple should assist in explaining the motions of the moon." ~ Charles Lyell
13. "Hitherto, no rival hypothesis has been proposed as a substitute for the doctrine of transmutation; for 'independent creation,' as it is often termed, or the direct intervention of the Supreme Cause, must simply be considered as an avowal that we deem the question to lie beyond the domain of science." ~ Charles Lyell
14. "Each species may have had its origin in a single pair, or individual, where an individual was sufficient, and species may have been created in succession at such times and in such places as to enable them to multiply and endure for an appointed period, and occupy an appointed space on the globe." ~ Charles Lyell

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Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted."
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