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“The primary rocks, ... I regard as the deposits of a period in which the earth's crust had sufficiently cooled down to permit the existence of a sea, with the necessary denuding agencies,-waves and currents,-and, in consequence, of deposition also; but in which the internal heat acted so near the surface, that whatever was deposited came, matter of course, to be metamorphosed into semi-plutonic forms, that retained only the stratification.”

Book:Sketch book of popular geology: Popular geology: A series of lectures read before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh

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Sketch book of popular geology: Popular geology: A series of lectures read before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh

Sketch book of popular geology: Popular geology: A series of lectures read before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh is a comprehensive work that explores the principles of geology in an accessible manner. The lectures, originally presented to the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, have been compiled into this book, offering insights into the field of geology suitable for readers with varying levels of familiarity with the subject. more

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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

“But should we continue to linger amid a scene so featureless and wild, or venture adown some yawning opening into the abyss beneath, where all is fiery and yet dark,-a solitary hell, without suffering or sin,-we would do well to commit ourselves to the guidance of a living poet of the true faculty,-Thomas Aird and see with his eyes.”

Source: Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, with Descriptive Sketches from a Geologist's Portfolio

“It may seem paradoxical to say that we have been expelled from the present, but it is a feeling we have all had at some moment. Some of us experienced it first as a condemnation, later transformed into consciousness and action. The search for the present is neither the pursuit of an earthly paradise nor that of a timeless eternity: it is the search for a real reality.”