Principles of Geology Quotes

“Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion.”
― Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology

“The present is the key to the past”
― Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology

“Geology is intimately related to almost all the physical sciences, as history is to the moral. An”
― Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology