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Nothing perhaps has so retarded the reception of the higher conclusions of Geology among men in general, as ... [the] instinctive parsimony of the human mind in matters where time is concerned.

— Charles Lapworth

Proceedings of the Geological Society of London (1903), 59, lxx.

See also: | Conclusion (24) | Geology (109) | Human Mind (4) | Time (55)

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