Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning t…

Charles Lyell
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Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history. ✨ Sir Charles Lyell, Gérard Paul Deshayes (1830). Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation, p.4
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