Principles of Geology Being An Inquiry How Far the Former Changes of the Earth
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Geology, it was affirmed, could never rise to the rank of an exact science, the greater number of phe- nomena must for ever remain inexplicable, or only be partially elucidated by ingenious conjectures. Even the mystery which invested the subject was said to constitute one of its principal charms, affording, as it did, full scope to the fancy to indulge in a boundless field of speculation.
328 METHODS OF THEORIZING IN GEOLOGY. [Book IV.
The course directly opposed to these theoretical views con...sists in an earnest and patient endeavour to reconcile the former indications of change with the evidence of gradual mutations now in progress ; re- stricting us, in the first instance, to known causes, and then speculating on those which may be in activity in regions inaccessible to us. It seeks an interpretation of geological monuments, by comparing the changes of which they give evidence with the vicissitudes now in progress, or which may be in progress.
I shall give a few examples in illustration of the practical results already derived from the two distinct methods of theorizing ; for we have now the advantage of being enabled to judge of their respective merits, by the relative value of the fruits which they have produced.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Geology, it was affirmed, could never rise to the rank of an exact science, the greater number of phe- nomena must for ever remain inexplicable, or only be partially elucidated by ingenious conjectures. Even the mystery which invested the subject was said to constitute one of its principal charms, affording, as it did, full scope to the fancy to indulge in a boundless field of speculation.
328 METHODS OF THEORIZING IN GEOLOGY. [Book IV.
The course directly opposed to these theoretical views con...sists in an earnest and patient endeavour to reconcile the former indications of change with the evidence of gradual mutations now in progress ; re- stricting us, in the first instance, to known causes, and then speculating on those which may be in activity in regions inaccessible to us. It seeks an interpretation of geological monuments, by comparing the changes of which they give evidence with the vicissitudes now in progress, or which may be in progress.
I shall give a few examples in illustration of the practical results already derived from the two distinct methods of theorizing ; for we have now the advantage of being enabled to judge of their respective merits, by the relative value of the fruits which they have produced.
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