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Newspaper

Nonconformist

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 15, 1874

Page

20

Study of Sociology and the Quest for Social Science

The article reviews Herbert Spencer's Study of Sociology as a stepping stone to a fuller social science. It discusses the feasibility of universal laws in human relations, the tension between divine providence and natural causes, and the need for careful methods, bias awareness, and qualitative rather than quantitative results.

Herbert Spencer Mr. Spencer Contemporary Review American Popular Social Monthly Canon Kingsley Teutons Spencer

Quote on humanity as a fleeting product of power

A fragmentary line describes humanity as a small fugitive product and a power in constant flux, existing before humanity and persisting in other forms after humanity ceases to be. It frames human existence as temporary in a broad historical continuity.

The Great Ice Age and its Relations to Man’s Antiquity

James Geikie surveys glacial theory and geology in Scotland, arguing for a continuous earth history with multiple ice advances. He challenges Lyell’s climate-change explanations, proposing a glacial sequence fit by till, striations, and mapped strata, shaping views on man’s antiquity.

Geikie Charles Lyell Gulf Stream Geological Survey of Scotland Agassiz British Isles Euro E America Hemisphere Scotland James Grikiz F.rs.e F.G N.M Lisbister and Co

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