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Alexander von Humboldt: „First impression made by an earthquake“, in: ders., Sämtliche Schriften digital, herausgegeben von Oliver Lubrich und Thomas Nehrlich, Universität Bern 2021. URL: <https://humboldt.unibe.ch/text/1845-Les_tremblements_de-05-neu> [abgerufen am 26.04.2024].
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| Titel | First impression made by an earthquake | ||||
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| Jahr | 1846 | ||||
| Ort | Hereford | ||||
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Nachweis in: The Hereford Times, And General Advertiser for the Counties of Hereford, Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Radnor, Salop, Worcester, and Gloucester 15:707 (31. Januar 1846), S. 6.
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| Sprache | Englisch | ||||
| Typografischer Befund | Antiqua; Spaltensatz; Auszeichnung: Kursivierung. | ||||
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Before we quit this great phenomenon, we must advertto that
indescribable, deep, and peculiar impression whichthe first
earthquake which we experience makes upon us,even when
unaccompanied with subterranean noises. Theimpression is not, I
believe, the consequence of any recol-lection of destructive
catastrophes presented to our imagina-tion by historical
narratives. That which seizes upon usso wonderfully, is the
disabuse of our innate faith in thefirmness of the solid and
sure set foundations of the earth.From infancy we are
accustomed to the contrast betweenthe moveable element of
water, and the immoveability ofthe soil on which we
stand—a belief confirmed by theevidence of our senses.
But when the ground suddenlyrocks beneath us, the feeling of an
unknown mysteriouspower in nature coming into action, and
shaking the solidglobe, arises in the mind. The illusion of our
early life isinstantaneously annihilated. We are undeceived as
to therepose of nature—we feel ourselves transported to
therealm and subjected to the empire of destructive
unknownpowers. Every sound—the slightest rustle in
the air—setsattention on the rack, and we no longer
trust the earth onwhich we stand. The unusualness of the
phenomenonthrows the same anxious unrest and alarm over the
loweranimals. Swine and dogs are particularly affected by
it;and the very crocodiles of the Orinoco, otherwise as
dumbas our lizards, leave the trembling bed of the stream,
andrush bellowing into the woods. To man the earthquakeis something unlimited and all-pervading. We can re-move from the active crater of a volcano; we can escapefrom the flood of lava that is pouring down upon ourdwelling; but with the earthquake we feel that whitherso-ever we fly we are still over the hearth of
destruction.—
Baron Humboldt’s Kosmos.
FIRST IMPRESSION MADE BY AN EARTH-QUAKE.