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Peter Bellinger Brodie
(1815 - 1 Nov 1897)
British clergyman and geologist.
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Science Quotes by Peter Bellinger Brodie (1 quote)
Fifty years ago Geology was in its infancy; there were but few who cultivated it as a Science ... If an unfortunate lover of nature was seen hammering in a stone quarry, he was generally supposed to be slightly demented.
— Peter Bellinger Brodie
Geology Considered with Reference to its Utility and Practical Effects', The Geologist, 1858, 1, 6.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
