 | 1830 - 710 pages
...or Voltaire. The folly of all this is further evident, from the circumstance, " That the time is not yet come for a general system of geology, but that...exclusively engaged in furnishing materials for future generalizations."—p. 72. We will, however, do " faoVxAv friends " the jmüce Vo OV»T\ vYvM. \\aVj... | |
 | 1830 - 718 pages
...Voltaire. The folly of all this is further evident, from the circumstance, “That the time is not yet come for a general system of geology, but that...exclusively engaged in furnishing materials for future geueralizations.”—p. 72. We will, however, do “ foolish friends” the justice to own that Italy... | |
 | 1834 - 530 pages
...future period, was the object proposed by them, and it was their favourite maxim that the time was not yet come for a general system of geology, but that...imputation of being a dangerous, or at best but a visionary pursuit."—vol. ip 81,82. The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth chapters of Mr. Lyell's first... | |
 | Madras literary society - 1834 - 832 pages
...patiently await then suit of some future period, it being their favouiite maxim, that the time is not yet come for a general system of geology ; but that...must be content for many years, to be exclusively employed in furnishing materials for future generations; by acting up to their principles with consistency,... | |
 | John M. Moffatt - 1835 - 854 pages
...future period, was the object proposed by them ; and it was their favourite maxim, that the time was not yet come for a general system of geology, but that...a dangerous, or at best but a visionary pursuit."* the celebrated anatomist and zoologist, professor of natural history at Paris, acquired great distinction... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 568 pages
...future period, was the object proposed by them; and it was their favourite maxim that the time was not yet come for a general system of geology, but that...being a dangerous, or at best but a visionary pursuit. A distinguished modern writer has with truth remarked, that the advancement of three of the main divisions... | |
 | John Tudor - 1847 - 434 pages
...future period, was the object proposed by them; and it was their favourite maxim that the time was not yet come for a general system of geology, but that...of being a dangerous, or at best but .a visionary pursuit."—(Z,yeZ/, vol. i., p. 106.) This was quite true—for a while they had disarmed prejudice... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 638 pages
...object proposed by the Geological Society; and it was their favourite maxim, that the time was not yet come for a general system of Geology; but that...a dangerous, or, at best, but a visionary, pursuit 14 ." Mr. Homer informs me, that the Society met in the first instance in a back-room at the Freemasons'... | |
 | 1912 - 834 pages
...S()Ii1(¿ future period . . . . and it was their favourite lilaxilIl, that the time wa.¿ not yet conic for a general system of geology ; but that all must...many years to be exclusively engaged in furnishing materia Is for future generalizations. By acting up to these principles with consistency they in a... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1853 - 882 pages
...future period, was the object proposed by them ; and it was their favourite maxim that the time was not yet come for a general system of geology, but that...generalizations. By acting up to these principles with consisteney, they in a few years disarmed all prejudice, and rescued the science from the imputation... | |
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yet come for a general system of geology, but that all must be content for many years to be exclusively engaged in furnishing materials for future generalizations. By acting up to these principles with consistency, they in a few years disarmed all prejudice,... 
