“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
“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
