“According to this view of the matter, there is nothing casual in the formation of Metamorphic Rocks. All strata, once buried deep enough, (and due TIME allowed!!!) must assume that state,-none can escape. All records of former worlds must ultimately perish.” WorldMatterStatesEnoughScienceViewsRecordsRocksAssumingDuesFormerBuriedCasualFormationGeologyDue Time Author:John Herschel
“Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye, but as a system disposed with order and design.” MenWorldEyeOrderDesignObjectsContemplatingPassiveIndifferent Author:John Herschel
“Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness and a cheerfulness to me during life and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.” WorldShouldBookMightWould BeReadingSourcePrayingCircumstancesTasteVarietyReading BooksShieldsCheerfulnessSource Of Happiness Book:Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews Source: Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews
