This quote, I find is pretty funny. To think that the reason the study of geology became a well known and popular science because some of the elite class had a hobby. I also am left wondering if these men were hobby enthusiast and nothing more, how the heck did they conduct their fieldwork during the summer months? How did they know what to look for, how to record data correctly, or even what type of experiments to conduct. Mentioned before this was that the entrance fee so to speak was a hefty 15 shillings, so as to weed out the "who qualifications were merely cerebral." I find this very offensive. Many of science's advancements were made by people who did not necessarily have to means but instead the passion and intelligence to create the advancement. The fact that this pompous group would want to not have the chance with these intelligent people to help them with their 'hobby' astounds me.
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