This is because the crust of the earth is covered with a...

This is because the crust of the earth is covered with a soft layer of soil and sand, and were the earth to be deprived of firm and heavy mountains, it would undoubtedly lose its stability because of the pull exerted by the moon. It would fall prey to convulsion and shaking, and destructive tides would overwhelm the globe and destroy it. The mountains serve as highly resistant pegs that play an essential role in preserving the earth from dissolution and destruction.

The slight trembling and convulsions that sometimes occur are not on a scale to deprive human life of all tranquility and stability. Furthermore, the massive bulk of great mountains is able to neutralize and control, to a considerable extent, the powerful waves of molten materials and buried gases that emanate from within the earth.

Were the mountains not to rear up their heads over our globe, the surface of the earth would be in constant ferment because of the pressure of molten substances, and its whole nature would change. Therefore,…