Harold JeffreysThe real difficulty about volcanism is not to see how it can start, but how it can stop.
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The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, "The real difficulty about volcanism is not to see how it can start, but how it can stop." He believed that the world was made up of opposites and that everything was connected. The greatest fear he had was the fear of fire, and the greatest joy he felt was in the face of water. "Fire and water" were two of his favorite things, and he thought that opposites were complementary. They were interdependent yet irreconcilable.
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