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Quotation from Principles of Geology by Charles Lyell
“Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature; it inquires into the causes of these changes, and the influence which they have exerted in modifying the surface and external structure of our planet.”
Principles of Geology, Book I, Ch. I (Ninth edition (New York: D. Appleton, 1854), Project Gutenberg text)
The opening definition of the science.
Citation: "Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature; it inquires into the causes of these changes, and the influence which they have exerted in modifying the surface and external structure of our planet." — Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology, Book I, Ch. I (Ninth edition (New York: D. Appleton, 1854), Project Gutenberg text). (id lyell-principles-of-geology-q2)
Portrait: PSM V01 D242 and V20 D610 Charles Lyell, Unknown engraver, Public domain.
