| James Buchan - 2009 - 468 pages
...which separated their formation, had we actually seen them emerging from the bottom of the deep? ... The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into...reason may sometimes go than imagination can venture to follow.69 As Playfair wrote, the implications of Mutton's geological discoveries 'were matter, not... | |
| Jill Schneiderman - 2008 - 482 pages
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time. Hutton had told the Royal Society that it was his purpose to "form some estimate with regard to the... | |
| Stephen Baxter - 2004 - 264 pages
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into...sometimes go than imagination can venture to follow. Hutton had at last taught himself to read God's books, and the stories he could tell were wonderful... | |
| Simon Lamb - 2004 - 356 pages
...formation Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time." Playfair's moment of giddiness marks an important step forward in our understanding of the origin of... | |
| Joseph E. Harmon, Alan G. Gross - 2007 - 353 pages
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into...with earnestness and admiration to the philosopher [Hutton] who was now unfolding to us the order and series of these wonderful events, we became sensible... | |
| David Young - 2007 - 12 pages
...of events made it plain what a vast length of time must have been involved. As Playfair commented, 'The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time.' When Hutton's views were published, they added fresh controversy to the debates about the history of... | |
| 1888 - 634 pages
...the globe. Revolutions still more remote appeared in the distance of this extraordinary perspective. The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into...sometimes go than imagination can venture to follow." In the summer of the same year (1788) Hutton made another geological tour. This was to the Isle of... | |
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