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Earthquake
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Earthquakes, I point out, have always made men eager to placate the gods. After the great Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755—that catastrophe which Voltaire saw as an irrefutable argument for the tragic view of life and against Leibnizian optimism—the locals decided on a propitiatory auto-da-fé.
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― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
― The Ground Beneath Her Feet
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Genie understood that everyone would be trapped together inside this crippled city for the foreseeable future--in the snow, in the dark, with no electricity, in below-freezing temperatures. Under those circumstances, she felt 'mass hysteria would have meant total destruction.' (pg. 79)
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― This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together
― This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together
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