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“It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation, we yet experience considerable difficulty in contemplating any definite term which bears a very large proportion to the brief cycles of our petty chronicles. There are many minds that would not for an instant doubt the God of Nature to have existed from all Eternity, and would yet reject as preposterous the idea of going back a million of years in the History of His Works. Yet what is a million, or a million million, of solar revolutions to an Eternity?”

Quote by George Julius Poulett Scrope

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George Julius Poulett Scrope

George Julius Poulett Scrope was a prominent British geologist born on March 10, 1797, and died on January 19, 1876. He made significant contributions to the field of geology, particularly in the areas of petrology and mineralogy. more

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