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Facts about Charles Lyell

Occup.Lawyer
FromUnited Kingdom
BornNovember 14, 1797
DiedFebruary 22, 1875
Aged77 years

Summary

Charles Lyell was a famous Lawyer from United Kingdom, who lived between November 14, 1797 and February 22, 1875. He/she became 77 years old.

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He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding. Our collection contains 12 quotes who is written / told by Charles.

12 Famous quotes by Charles Lyell

Small: Never call an accountant a credit to his profession a good accountant is a debit to his profession
"Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession"
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Small: In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers
"In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers"
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Small: That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be
"That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect"
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Small: So far, therefore, as we can draw safe conclusions from a single specimen, there has been no marked cha
"So far, therefore, as we can draw safe conclusions from a single specimen, there has been no marked change of race in the human population of Switzerland during the periods above considered"
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Small: In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous inv
"In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation"
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Small: No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of t
"No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of the Seine; but no importance can be attached to this negative fact, as so little search has yet been made for them"
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Small: It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central p
"It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea"
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Small: In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of w
"In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it"
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Small: When on my return to England I showed the cast of the cranium to Professor Huxley, he remarked at once
"When on my return to England I showed the cast of the cranium to Professor Huxley, he remarked at once that it was the most ape-like skull he had ever beheld"
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Small: In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where arti
"In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other"
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Small: I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting
"I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting in the Pleistocene period of a northern and southern fauna"
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Small: Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from
"Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man"
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