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by others. Both pursued the same methods, and had an abun- 
dance of material on which to work, yet the facts observed 
induced Cuvier to believe in catastrophes; and Lamarck, in 
the uniform course of nature. vier declared species to be 
 annantel Lamarck, that they were descended from others. 
oth men stand in the first rank in science; but Lamarck 
was the prophetic genius, half a century in advance of his 
time. 
published in 1808.* This was the first systematic investigation 
of Tertiary strata. Three years later, the work was issued in 
which for this purpose being distinctly recognized. This 
advance was not accepted without some opposition, and it is an 
ions and investigations.” + 
William Smith (1769-1839), “the father of English Geology,” 
had previously published a “Tabular View of the British Strata.” 
€ appears to have arrived independently at essentially the 
same view as Werner in regard to the relative position of strat- 
ified rocks. He had determined that the order of succession 
-* Essai sur la Géographie Mineralogique des environs de Paris. Ato, 1808. 
+ Translation of Cuvier’s Discourse. Note K. (B.), p. 103, 1817. 
