Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos Quotes

“May not subterraneous fire be considered as the great plough (if I may be allowed the expression) which Nature makes use of to turn up the bowels of the earth?”
― William Hamilton, Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos

“If I was to establish a system, it would be, that Mountains are produced by Volcanoes, and not Volcanoes by Mountains.”
― William Hamilton, Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos