The Life of a Fossil Hunter Quotes

“No man can say he loves us, when he wantonly destroys our work; no man loves God who wantonly destroys His creatures.”
― Charles H (Charles Hazelius) Sternberg, The Life of a Fossil Hunter

“Sometimes it takes on the semblance of a ruined city, with walls of tottering masonry, and only a near approach can convince the eye that this is only another example of that mimicry in which nature so frequently indulges.”
― Charles H (Charles Hazelius) Sternberg, The Life of a Fossil Hunter

“Even in those early days I used to cut out shells 3from the limestone strata of the region with whatever tools were at hand, but they were admired chiefly as examples of the wonderful power of running water to carve rocks into the semblance of shells.”
― Charles H (Charles Hazelius) Sternberg, The Life of a Fossil Hunter

“I set before myself as a boy, and have done my humble part toward building up the great science of paleontology. I shall perish, but my fossils will last as long as the museums that have secured them. My own body will crumble to dust, my soul return to the God who gave it, but the works of His hands, those animals of other days, will give joy and pleasure to generations yet unborn.”
― Charles H Sternberg, The Life of a Fossil Hunter: A Retelling of Life Spent Searching for Lifeforms of the Past