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Geology of MontanaPreliminary Report of United States Survey of Montana Portions of Adjacent Territories; Being a Fifth Report of Progress.F. V. Hayden
Author(s) -
Stanley G. Olson
Publication year - 1873
Publication title -
the american naturalist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.954
H-Index - 205
eISSN - 1537-5323
pISSN - 0003-0147
DOI - 10.1086/271154
Subject(s) - naturalism , geography , geological survey , archaeology , physical geography , library science , environmental ethics , geology , paleontology , philosophy , computer science , epistemology
nature, and who expose then in certain brilliant mathematic laws, enhanced by the attraction of difficulties overcome, and of secrets unveiled. Vain efforts! They are only deceiving mirages. Ten, twenty, thirty years of observation dissipate them, and demonstrate their insufficiency and falsity. It is observation alone. Observe! Always observe! Do not leave a single corner of the globe without the minute observations of travelling and of resident geologists; and then we can generalize, and the mysteries of our planet will be unveiled and systematized in a synthesis, solid, logical with facts, well balanced and truly philosophical.

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