Excerpt from A System of Geology, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Theory of the Earth; And of Explanation of Its Connexion With the Sacred Records Be the result what it may, it is my duty to say, that. It rests, with some exceptions, on my own observations, confirming those of others, when not original. Observers may differ; but Nature is always'the. Same. And it was my duty to confirm my references to authorities, by applying to the great source of all Authority, wherever this was pas-i sible. Thence have I quoted, more in ...
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Excerpt from A System of Geology, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Theory of the Earth; And of Explanation of Its Connexion With the Sacred Records Be the result what it may, it is my duty to say, that. It rests, with some exceptions, on my own observations, confirming those of others, when not original. Observers may differ; but Nature is always'the. Same. And it was my duty to confirm my references to authorities, by applying to the great source of all Authority, wherever this was pas-i sible. Thence have I quoted, more in confirmation than for any, other; purpose: never trusting, even to names of reputed weight, 'wheudthe facts were contradictory to those which 'i had verified, just analogies, or to the principles of the collateral sciences: assured that Nature cannot differ from herself, nor one truth Oppose another. These are the real grounds on which the validity of authorities must be tried and hence perhaps have I quoted fewer than might have been. Expected yet, I think, enough; since an indiscriminate or careless reliance on them is a most perilous foundation for a work on this Science. Nth! Ambitious multiplicity of writers, sectarianism, andihypothesis, must, ever be the source of bad observations, if not also of gratuitoustassem tions: while an established phraseology gilds all this with the aspect of knowledge. No system of geology can yet be compiled from the wolks of others; though often attempted. Kirwau has revelled in authorities to prove how much we knew: a later writer has.prov;ed, from the same authorities, that we know nothing. Snor does anyone, who even aspires to the namefiof philosopher, suffer another to reason for him; as, never yet was any system in philosophy founded on the eyes or the 0p inions of others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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