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Excerpt from The Relation of Biology to Geological Investigation: A Series of Essays Discussing the Nature and Scientific Uses of Fossil Remains and the Necessity for Their Systematic Collection and Permanent Conservation in Public Museum
In the preparation of these essays I have had several objects in view, among which are a further presentation of elementary matter pertaining to biological geology than has before been published, the defense of biology as an indispensable aid in geological investigation and the repudiation of certain untenable claims that have been made in its favor, an application of the principles discussed to the practical work of the geologist, and the demonstration of the necessity of the preservation of fossil remains in public museums as storehouses of evidence upon geological questions; These essays are therefore con fined mainly to a discussion of questions pertaining to biological. Geology, including both its structural and systematic branches, only incidental reference being made to other important branches of geo logical science, such as mineralogy, lithology, dynamic geology, etc.
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