Excerpt from Charles Lyell and Modern Geology
The life of Charles Lyell is singularly free from "moving accidents by flood and field." Though he travelled much, he never, so far as can be ascertained, was in danger of life or limb, of brigand or beasts At home his career was not hampered by serious difficulties or blocked by formidable obstacles; not a few circumstances were distinctly favourable to success. Thus his biography cannot offer the reader either the excitement of adventure, or the interest of an unwearied struggle with adverse conditions. But for all that, as it seems to me, it can teach a lesson of no little value. Lyell, while still a young man, determined that he would endeavour to put geology - then only beginning to rank as a science - on a more sound and philosophical basis. To accomplish this purpose, he spared no labour, grudged no expenditure, shrank from no fatigue. For years ho was training himself by observation and travel; he was studiously aiming at precision of thought and expression, till "The Principles of Geology " had been completed and published. But even then, though ho might have counted his work done, he spared no pains to make it better, and went on at the task of improvement till the close of his long life.
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