Such was the succession of phenomena which produced Iceland, all arising from the action of internal fire; and to suppose that the mass within did not still exist in a state of liquid incandescence was absurd; and nothing could surpass the absurdity of fancying that it was possible to reach the earth's centre.
Telle fut la succession des phénomènes qui constituèrent l'Islande; tous provenaient de l'action des feux intérieurs, et supposer que la masse interne ne demeurait pas dans un état permanent d'incandescente liquidité, c'était folie. Folie surtout de prétendre atteindre le centre du globe!