Portal:Scotland/Selected quote/Week 40, 2007
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| “ | ... Every line of strength in American history is a line coloured with Scottish blood. ... | ” |
| “ | ... The result of our present enquiry is that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end. ... | ” |
- — James Hutton on the immensity of geological time at the Royal Society of Edinburgh
