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Charles Lyell

British Lawyer

Born: Nov 14, 1797

Died: Feb 22, 1875

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Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession. Charles Lyell

Good Never Call His Accountant Profession Credit

It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea. Charles Lyell

In the shallow parts of many Swiss lakes, where there is a depth of no more than from 5 to 15 feet of water, ancient wooden piles are observed at the bottom sometimes worn down to the surface of the mud, sometimes projecting slightly above it. Charles Lyell

Water Sometimes Down Worn Projecting Slightly Ancient Above More Shallow Bottom Observed Feet Parts Piles Surface Than Wooden Where Lakes Depth Mud Many Swiss

In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers. Charles Lyell

Meet Valley Drift Rivers Which Commonly Plains Graze Bones

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