“Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenomenon of vast importance, indirectly modifying the whole surface of the earth, breaking in upon any supposition of zoological continuity, and utterly unaccounted for by what we have any right to call the laws of nature.” MenWholeEarthLawScienceMoralSightImportanceMereAppearanceSurfacePhysicsConsiderationPhenomenonLaws Of NatureContinuityGeologySuppositionModifying Book:A Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge Source: A Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge
“We must in imagination sweep off the drifted matter that clogs the surface of the ground; we must suppose all the covering of moss and heath and wood to be torn away from the sides of the mountains, and the green mantle that lies near their feet to be lifted up; we may then see the muscular integuments, and sinews, and bones of our mother Earth, and so judge of the part played by each of them during those old convulsive movements whereby her limbs were contorted and drawn up into their present posture.” MayMatterEarthScienceLyingMotherSidesImaginationFeetMovementJudgingMountainGreenWoodsBonesSurfaceTornLimbsCoveringMother EarthPostureMoss Author:Adam Sedgwick
