Edward Hitchcock
(24 May 1793 - 27 Feb 1864)
American geologist and clergyman.
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Science Quotes by Edward Hitchcock (2 quotes)
In Institutions of a lower grade [secondary schools], it [geology] receives far less attention than its merits deserve. Why should not a science, whose facts possess a thrilling interest; whose reasonings are admirably adapted for mental discipline, and often severely tax the strongest powers; and whose results are, many of them, as grand and ennobling as those of Astronomy itself; … why should not such a science be thought as essential in education as the kindred branches of Chemistry and Astronomy?
— Edward Hitchcock
In 'Preface', Elementary Geology (1840, 1841), vi.
Why may we not add Geology to the list of poetical sciences? Why shall not that science, which is the second science in eras and magnitudes, and the first, in affording scope for the imagination, be brought into favor with the Muses and afford themes for the Poet?
— Edward Hitchcock
In 'The Poetry of Geology', The Indicator, 1849, 109.