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.


Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1924 - The Drifting of the Continents (p. 219), Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 1925

Pierre-Marie Termier Quotes

A sound almost imperceptible, so slight, so little different from silence itself, of continents en marche, which slowly, oh very slowly, as great...

A sound almost imperceptible, so slight, so little different from silence itself, of continents en marche, which slowly, oh very slowly, as great...

A sound almost imperceptible, so slight, so little different from silence itself, of continents en marche, which slowly, oh very slowly, as great...

A sound almost imperceptible, so slight, so little different from silence itself, of continents en marche, which slowly, oh very slowly, as great...