"The subjective element in geological studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists. One considering geology as a creative art, the other regarding geology as an exact science."
— Geology

January 1, 1970

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Reinout Willem van Bemmelen. "The Scientific Character of Geology," The Journal of Geology, The University of Chicago Press, Bryn Mawr College, (July 1961), Vol 69, No. 4. p. 453; quoted in: Robert Woodtli (1964), Methods of Prospection for Chromite, p. 80