It Was A Profound Saying Of Wilhelm

Geology Is The Science Which Investigates The Successive Changes That Have Taken Place In The Organic And Inorganic Kingdoms Of Nature; It Enquires Into The Causes Of These Changes, And The Influence Which They Have Exerted In Modifying The Surface And External Structure Of Our Planet.

It Was A Profound Saying Of Wilhelm Humboldt, That 'man Is Man Only By Means Of Speech, But In Order To Invent Speech He Must Be Already Man.'

It Must Have Appeared Almost As Improbable To The Earlier Geologists, That The Laws Of Earthquakes Should One Day Throw Light On The Origin Of Mountains, As It Must To The First Astronomers, That The Fall Of An Apple Should Assist In Explaining The Motions Of The Moon.

That Ere Long, Now That Curiosity Has Been So Much Excited On This Subject, Some Human Remains Will Be Detected In The Older Alluvium Of European Valleys, I Confidently Expect.

Never Call An Accountant A Credit To His Profession; A Good Accountant Is A Debit To His Profession.