"We learn geology the morning after the earthquake." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though… — Annie Besant
• Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their… — Barbara Boxer
• Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while… — James Buchan
• There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever.… — Lord Byron
• I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in… — William J. Clinton
• I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be… — Isaac Asimov
• For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need… — Frederick Douglass
• Most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick… — Charles Francis Richter
• Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake,… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
• Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the… — Mikhail Lomonosov
• [In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made… — Charles Francis Richter
• It is done. Once again the Fire has penetrated the earth, not with the sudden crash of thunderbolt, riving the… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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