Alfred Wegener Quote

We shall refrain here from citing the literature in support of our statements. The obvious needs no backing by outside opinion, and the willfully blind cannot be helped by any means. As far as we are concerned, it is not now a question of whether the continental blocks have moved; doubt is no longer possible.


Translated by John Biram, The Origin of Continents and Oceans - Chapter 7 (p. 133)


We shall refrain here from citing the literature in support of our statements. The obvious needs no backing by outside opinion, and the willfully...

We shall refrain here from citing the literature in support of our statements. The obvious needs no backing by outside opinion, and the willfully...

We shall refrain here from citing the literature in support of our statements. The obvious needs no backing by outside opinion, and the willfully...

We shall refrain here from citing the literature in support of our statements. The obvious needs no backing by outside opinion, and the willfully...