 | George Combe - 1803 - 280 pages
...condition which it now presents, before Man occupied its surface. " I need not dwell," says Lyell, " on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species,...is not controverted by any experienced geologist. ... It is never pretended that our race coexisted with assemblages of animals and plants, of which... | |
 | William Daniel Conybeare - 1831 - 188 pages
...which I have endeavoured to enforce and illustrate in the text. — " We need not," says this writer, " dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by any Geologist, &c. The establishment by Geological evidence of the first intervention of such a peculiar... | |
 | Benjamin Godwin - 1834 - 314 pages
...remote. " We need not dwell," says one of the most distinguished geologists of the present day, '•' on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by any geologist; indeed, the real difficulty which we experience, consists in tracing back the signs of man's... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 468 pages
...things previously established, as to weaken our confidence in the uniformity of the course of nature. I need not dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity...difference of opinion respecting the occurrence in certain deposits of the remains of man and his works, it is always in reference to strata confessedly... | |
 | 1836 - 534 pages
...from laws now in daily operation. The most able and strenuous advocate of this doctrine asserts, that the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence upon the earth to that comparatively modern period when species, his contemporaries, began to predominate.... | |
 | William Scott - 1837 - 422 pages
...authority on this subject, concurs" in this respect with Cuvier, and all former geologists. He says, " I need not dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity...difference of opinion respecting the occurrence in certain deposits of the remains of man and his works, it is always in reference to strata confessedly... | |
 | Joshua Trimmer - 1841 - 558 pages
...from laws now in daily operation. The most able and strenuous advocate of this doctrine asserts, that the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence upon the earth to that comparatively modern period when species, his contemporaries, began to predominate.... | |
 | Joshua Trimmer - 1841 - 564 pages
...from laws now in daily operation. The most able and strenuous advocate of this doctrine asserts, that the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence upon the earth to that comparatively modern period when species, his contemporaries, began to predominate.... | |
 | Arthur James Johnes - 1843 - 350 pages
...the prevalent conclusions of the highest geological authorities. " I need not dwell," he observes, " on the proofs of the " low antiquity of our species,...experienced geologist; indeed the real difficulty con" sists in tracing back the signs of man's existence on the " earth to that comparatively modern... | |
 | James Smith - 1843 - 728 pages
...of animal existence, man excepted, had been established. » We need not," says Mr. Lyell, " dwell on the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by any geologist; indeed, the real difficulty which we experience consists in tracing back the signs of man's... | |
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I need not dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist ; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence on the earth to that comparatively modern period... 
