“Poets need be in no degree jealous of the geologists. The stony science, with buried creations for its domains, and half an eternity charged with its annals, possesses its realms of dim and shadowy fields, in which troops of fancies already walk like disembodied ghosts in the old fields of Elysium, and which bid fair to be quite dark and uncertain enough for all the purposes of poesy for centuries to come.”
Quote by Hugh Miller
Work
Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, with Descriptive Sketches from a Geologist's Portfolio
Compiled from a series of lectures, this book delves into the field of geology, offering insights and knowledge on the subject. It includes detailed sketches and descriptions that provide a visual aid to the geological concepts discussed. more
Author
Hugh Miller
Geologist from Scotland, known for his significant contributions to the development of geology. He discovered many important fossils and authored several geological works. more