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II. “WE now come to the more special ground of the geologist. Starting with investigations connected with the origin of the globe, he has to trace the changes it has undergone through the various phases of its history, to determine the causes of those changes, and the manner in which they were effected. Besides dealing with inorganic matter, he has also to study the character and distribution of all organised things inhabiting the earth in all former periods, their order of succession, and the relation of the several and successive groups one to another.”
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The Past and Future Work of Geology*. Nature 11, 315–317 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/011315a0
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