Paleonet: detailed citation needed

[Jere H. Lipps]

Hi Roy:  Your request made me wonder where my copy of this book went in my
recent moves.  I found it, a first edition (1934) signed by Simpson (I
either missed that when I bought the book or forgot it).  Your quotation is
on p. 83, the last page of Chapter 4.   I have, someplace, a paperback of
this book too, so other editions/prinitingd are out there as well.

Thanks for the question.
 Jere

Jere H. Lipps
jlipps at berkeley.edu


On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 10:18 AM Plotnick, Roy E <plotnick at uic.edu> wrote:

> Does anyone have a copy of George Gaylord Simpson's Attending Marvels
> handy? Mine is at the office. Looking for chapter and page number for this
> quote: "Fossil hunting is far the most fascinating of all sports…It has
> some danger… some uncertainty and excitement and all the thrills of
> gambling with none of its vicious features…The fossil hunter does not kill,
> he resurrects. And the result of his sport is to add to the sum of human
> pleasure and to the treasures of human knowledge. " Thanks! Roy
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