An insight into the perceptive mind of 19th century geologist Sir Archibald Geikie
Things they said
Things they said: Thor Heyerdahl
“Nature itself is like a hearth – we can revive the fire wherever there are embers.” – Thor Heyerdahl
Wise words: Sir David Attenborough
“I know of no pleasure deeper than that which comes from contemplating the natural world and trying to understand it.” Sir David Attenborough, ‘Life on Air‘
Things they said: Sir Patrick Geddes
“We live not by the jingling of our coins, but by the fullness of our harvests.”
Things they said: Sir Edmund Hillary
“Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it.” Sir Edmund Hillary
Jo Woolf 