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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

Yet Mr. Lyell will admit no greater paroxysms than we ourselves have witnessed-no periods of feverish spasmodic energy, during which the very framework of nature has been convulsed and torn asunder.
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Admit Asunder Been Convulsed Doctor During Energy Feverish Framework Nature Ourselves Paroxysms Spasmodic Torn
But just as we begin to enter on the history of physical changes going on before our eyes, and in which we ourselves bear a part,
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Bear Before Change Eye Ourselves Part Physical
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
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
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
If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass of folly, and a base injustice; morality is moonshine
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Induction Injustice Labour Lie Lying Man Moonshine Religion Science Vain Vestige
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
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
Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and as we approach the period of man’s creation,
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Book Chapter Character Failure Nature Older Real Record
The powers of nature are never in repose; her work never stands still.
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Hard Nature never Power Repsose Science Stand Still Work
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
Volcanic action is essentially paroxysmal
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Action Energy Essential Nature Paroxysmal Science Volcanic
we may then see the muscular integuments, and sinews, and bones of our mother Earth,
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Bon Earth Integument Mother Muscular Sinew
It has been modified by many great revolutions, brought about by an inner mechanism of which we very imperfectly comprehend the movements; but of which we gain a glimpse by studying their effects:
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Comprehend Effect Glimpse Great Imperfectly Mechanism Modified Movement Revolution Studying
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
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
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Anand Thakur
The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes
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Attribute Day Man Modern Moral Philosophy Pretended Strip World
The world is not as it was when it came from its Maker’s hands.
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Hand Long Maker Science World
[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
A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.
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Atheistical Call Cold Material Materialism Philosophy Tendency
and so judge of the part played by each of them during those old convulsive movements whereby her limbs were contorted and drawn up into their present posture.
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Contorted Convulsive Drawn Judge Movement Part Played Posture Present
Or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.
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Anand Thakur
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
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

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