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Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
French Scientist
Born: Aug 23, 1769
Died: May 13, 1832
About Animals Area Become Bones Great
Related authors: Alexis Carrel Antoine Lavoisier Bruno Latour Claude Bernard Claude Levi-Strauss Jean Rostand Louis Pasteur Pierre Curie
My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect. Georges Cuvier
History Respect Will Animals First Earth Object Particular Importance Linked The History Of Land Show Theory Fossil Connections Why Bones
Thus it cannot be denied that the masses which today form our highest mountains were originally in a liquid state; for a long time they were covered by waters which did not sustain any life. Georges Cuvier
Life Today Time Long Long Time Mountains Waters State Our Highest Thus Masses Were Covered Denied Did Liquid Any Sustain Form Cannot Which Originally
The traces of upheavals become more impressive when one moves a little higher, when one gets even closer to the foot of the great mountain ranges. There are still plenty of shell layers. We notice them, even thicker and more solid ones. Georges Cuvier
Great Become Solid Plenty More Layers Higher Foot Traces Shell Still Impressive Mountain Closer Gets Moves Little Them Notice Even Thicker
Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual development. Georges Cuvier
Animals Country Instant Instantaneous Development Without Same Gradual Any Where Which Sudden Lived Event Hence
But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers. Georges Cuvier
Changes State Earth Ancient Responsible Layers New Limited Revolutions Upsetting After Which Sea Strata Present
It is evident that one cannot say anything demonstrable about the problem before having resolved these preliminary questions, and yet we hardly possess the necessary information to solve some of them. Georges Cuvier
Problem Before Resolved Say Evident Possess Solve Some About Having Questions Anything Cannot Information Them Preliminary Hardly Necessary

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