Pierre-Marie Termier Quotes

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The theory of [Alfred] Wegener is to me a beautiful dream, the dream of a great poet. One tries to embrace it and finds that he has in his arms but a little vapor or smoke; it is at the same time alluring and intangible.

Pierre-Marie Termier

A sound almost imperceptible, so slight, so little different from silence itself, of continents en marche, which slowly, oh very slowly, as great pontoons floating on the calm waters of a port, or as great icebergs borne by the polar currents, are drifting towards the equator.

Pierre-Marie Termier

It is always necessary to close a lecture on geology with humility.

Pierre-Marie Termier