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X. Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

James Hutton
Affiliation:
Member of the Royal Academy of Agriculture at Paris.

Extract

When we trace the parts of which this terrestrial system is composed, and when we view the general connection of those several parts, the whole presents a machine of a peculiar construction by which it is adapted to a certain end. We perceive a fabric, erected in wisdom, to obtain a purpose worthy of the power that is apparent in the production of it.

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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1788

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