| Description | Murchison correspondence: letter from James David FORBES, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East, London, 8 May 1831. Re: Wishes to seek Murchison's advice on the pursuit of scientific study, in particular whether there is ever such a thing as a 'perfect geologist', as his interests are wide and is concerned with Charles Lyell's assertion that one must be 'all a geologist or none at all'. |