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"Now is the key to understanding the past" is a famous saying of which British scholar?
Lyle (1797- 1875) put forward the famous principle that "the present is the key to understanding the past".

Lyell Charles was a famous British geologist in the19th century, a member of the Royal Society, the founder of the theory of geological progress and the realistic method of "discussing the present and the past", and made outstanding contributions in the history of geological development. Engels spoke highly of his "bringing rationality into geology".