" Because this liquid mass would be subject, like the ocean, to the lunar attraction, and therefore twice every day there would be internal tides, which, upheaving the terrestrial crust, would cause periodical earthquakes! "

“因为这种液态物质会像海洋一样​​受到月球引力的影响，因此每天都会出现两次内潮汐，内潮汐会导致地壳隆起，从而引发周期性地震！”

For a minute or two the shocks became more and more violent — flashing horizontal thrusts mixed with a few twists and battering, explosive, upheaving jolts, — as if Nature were wrecking her Yosemite temple, and getting ready to build a still better one.

一两分钟后，震动变得越来越猛烈——闪烁的水平推力夹杂着一些扭曲和撞击，爆炸性的、剧烈的颠簸——仿佛大自然正在摧毁她的优胜美地神庙，并准备建造一个更好的神庙。