Quote by: George Poulett Scrope

We cannot see how the evidence afforded by the unquestioned progressive development of organised existence—crowned as it has been by the recent creation of the earth's greatest wonder, MAN, can be set aside, or its seemingly necessary result withheld for a moment. When Mr. finds, as a witty friend lately reported that there had been found, a silver-spoon in grauwacke, or a locomotive engine in mica-schist, then, but not sooner, shall we enrol ourselves disciples of the Cyclical Theory of Geological formations.


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  • NameGeorge Poulett Scrope
  • DescriptionEnglish geologist, political economist and politician
  • AliasesGeorge Poulett Scrope; G. Poulett Scrope; George Julius Poulett Thompson; George Julius Thompson
  • BornMarch 10, 1797
  • DiedJanuary 18, 1876
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Geologist
  • AwardsWollaston Medal; Fellow Of The Royal Society