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The sober facts of geology shuffled, so as to play a rogue’s game; phrenology (that sinkhole of human folly and prating coxcombry); spontaneous generation; transmutation of species; and I know not what; all to be swallowed, without tasting and trying

Adam Sedgwick

We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.
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Cannot Drawing Fathomless Science Store Take Time Upon
From first to last it is a dish of rank materialism cleverly cooked up.
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Clearly Cooked First Independent Last Materialism Rank
The sober facts of geology shuffled, so as to play a rogue’s game; phrenology (that sinkhole of human folly and prating coxcombry); spontaneous generation; transmutation of species; and I know not what; all to be swallowed, without tasting and trying
ADAM SEDGWICK

Coxcombry Facts Game; Phrenology Generation Geology Shuffled Rogue Sober Species Spontaneous Swallowed Tasting Transmutation Trying
Indirectly modifying the whole surface of the earth, breaking in upon any supposition of zoological continuity, and utterly unaccounted for by what we have any right to call the laws of nature.
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Breaking Call Continuity Earth Indirectly Law Modifying Nature Right Supposition Surface Unaccounted Utterl Whole Zoological
We must in imagination sweep off the drifted matter that clogs the surface of the ground;
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Clog Drifted Ground Imagination Lying Mother Science Surface Sweep
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenomenon of vast importance
ADAM SEDGWICK

Anand Thakur
As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God’s anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.
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Anger Apex Babel Daring God Philosopher Philosophy Pyramid System Tower
we must suppose all the covering of moss and heath and wood to be torn away from the sides of the mountains, and the green mantle that lies near their feet to be lifted up;
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Covering Did Feet Green Health Lie Mental Mountain Suppose Wood
Volcanic action is essentially paroxysmal
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Action Energy Essential Nature Paroxysmal Science Volcanic
And their many causes still acting on the surface of our globe with undiminished power, which are changing, and will continue to change it, as long as it shall last.
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Acting Cause Change Continue Globe Surface Undiminished
Our labours for the black people of Africa were works of madmen; and man and woman are only better beasts!
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Beast Black Country Labour Madmen Man People Woman
And why is this done? For no other reason, I am sure, except to make us independent of a Creator.
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Creator Done Except Independent Reason Sure
[Vestiges begins] from principles which are at variance with all sober inductive truth.
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Game Horse Inductive Principle Science Sober Truth Variance Vestige
The utmost movements that he allows are a slight quivering of her muscular integuments.
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Allow Integument Movement Muscular Quivering Slight Utmost
Like so much horse-physic!! Gross credulity and rank infidelity joined in unlawful marriage, and breeding a deformed progeny of unnatural conclusions!
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Breeding Conclusions Deformed Gross Horse Physic Progeny Rank Unnatural
Our book becomes more clear, and nature seems to speak to us in language so like our own, that we easily comprehend it.
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Book Clear Comprehend Easily History Language Physical Speak

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