“All geologic history is full of the beginning and the ends of species-of their first and last days; but it exhibits no genealogies of development.” FirstsEndsLastsScienceHistoryDevelopmentEvolutionSpeciesExtinctionExhibitsLast DayGeologyGenealogyFirsts And Lasts Book:The Testimony of the Rocks Source: The Testimony of the Rocks
“Nature is a vast tablet, inscribed with signs, each of which has its own significancy, and becomes poetry in the mind when read; and geology is simply the key by which myriads of these signs, hitherto indecipherable, can be unlocked and perused, and thus a new province added to the poetical domain.” MindScienceNatureKeysDomainProvincesGeologyTablets Author:Hugh Miller
“But, in truth, the existing premises, wholly altered by geologic science, are no longer those of Hume. The footprint on the sand — to refer to his happy illustration — does not now stand alone. Instead of one, we see many footprints, each in turn in advance of the print behind it, and on a higher level.” DoeScienceTurnsLevelsBehindsFeetHigherSandPrintPremisesAlteredFootprintIllustrationHigher LevelGeologyStand AloneHume Author:Hugh Miller
“The six thousand years of human history form but a portion of the geologic day that is passing over us: they do not extend into the yesterday of the globe, far less touch the myriads of ages spread out beyond.” YearsHumansAgeFormScienceHistoryThousandSixSpreadYesterdayPassingPassingsPortionsGlobesThousand YearsHuman HistoryGeology Book:An Autobiography: My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education Source: An Autobiography: My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education
