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" Gordian knot. We have now, at least, the advantage of knowing, from experience, that an opposite method has always put geologists on the road that leads to truth — suggesting views which, although imperfect at first, have been found capable of improvement,... "
The Skies and the Earth - Page 139
1902 - 191 pages
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Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former ..., Volume 3

Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 570 pages
...grounds explained in the first volume, but because, as we have above stated, history informs us that this method has always put geologists on the road that...found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent. On the other hand, the opposite method, that of speculating on a former distinct...
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Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former ..., Volume 3

Sir Charles Lyell - 1833 - 562 pages
...grounds explained in the first volume, but because, as we have above stated, history informs us that this method has always put geologists on the road that...found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent. On the other hand, the opposite method, that of speculating on a former distinct...
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Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how for the Former Changes ..., Volume 3

Sir Charles Lyell - 1834 - 440 pages
...the first book, but because, as I have just stated, the history of the science informs us, that this method has always put geologists on the road that...views which, although imperfect at first, have been M 5 found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent. On the other hand, the...
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Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes ..., Volume 3

Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 468 pages
...the first book ; but because, as I have just stated, the history of the science informs us that this method has always put geologists on the road that...first, have been found capable of improvement, until atlast adopted by universal consent. On the other hand, the onposite method, that of speculating on...
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - 1840 - 506 pages
...analogies, and in which a desire is manifested to cut, rather than patiently to untie, the (iordian knot. We have now, at least, the advantage of knowing,...found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent ; while the method, of speculating on a former distinct state of things and causes,...
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - 1842 - 494 pages
...and in which a desire is manifested to cut, rather than patiently to untie, the Goidian knot. We hare now, at least, the advantage of knowing, from experience,...found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent ; while the method, of speculating on a former distinct state of things and causes,...
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ...

Sir Charles Lyell - 1854 - 870 pages
...us, and of which the reality is attested by volcanoes and subterranean movements. It also endeavors to estimate the aggregate result of ordinary operations...found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent ; while the method of speculating on a former distinct state of things and causes,...
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 714 pages
...may be in progress in regions inaccessible to us, but of which the reality is attested by volcanos and subterranean movements. It also endeavours to...found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent ; while the method of speculating on a former distinct state of things and causes...
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - 1875 - 702 pages
...analogie&juid in which a desire ~is~manifested to cut, rather than patiently to untie, the GordianTknot. We have now, at least, the advantage of knowing, from...found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent ; while the method of speculating on a former distinct state of things and causes...
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The Library of Original Sources: 1833-1865

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 494 pages
...subterranean movements. It also endeavours to estimate the aggregate result of ordinary operations multiplied catastrophes and revolutions of the whole earth, and...found capable of improvement, until at last adopted by universal consent ; while the method of speculating on a former distinct state of things and causes...
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