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Charles Lyell quotes: 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 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.'

Charles Lyell quotes: In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers.

In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers.

Charles Lyell quotes: 'Time's noblest offspring is the last.' This line of Bishop Berkeley's expresses the real cause of the belief in progress in the animal creation.

'Time's noblest offspring is the last.' This line of Bishop Berkeley's expresses the real cause of the belief in progress in the animal creation.

Charles Lyell quotes: The present is the key to the past

The present is the key to the past

Charles Lyell quotes: Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession.

Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession.

Charles Lyell quotes: Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history.

Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history.

Charles Lyell quotes: Geology is intimately related to almost all the physical sciences, as history is to the moral. An

Geology is intimately related to almost all the physical sciences, as history is to the moral. An