58:5.8 Depression of the [[ocean]] bottom during the prelife ages had upthrust a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangea solitary continental land mass] to such a height that its lateral pressure tended to cause the eastern, western, and southern fringes to slide downhill, over the underlying semiviscous lava beds, into the [[waters]] of the surrounding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean Pacific Ocean]. This so fully [[compensated]] the continental pressure that a wide break did not occur on the eastern shore of this ancient Asiatic continent, but ever since has that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire eastern coast line hovered over the precipice of its adjoining oceanic depths], threatening to slide into a watery grave. | 58:5.8 Depression of the [[ocean]] bottom during the prelife ages had upthrust a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangea solitary continental land mass] to such a height that its lateral pressure tended to cause the eastern, western, and southern fringes to slide downhill, over the underlying semiviscous lava beds, into the [[waters]] of the surrounding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean Pacific Ocean]. This so fully [[compensated]] the continental pressure that a wide break did not occur on the eastern shore of this ancient Asiatic continent, but ever since has that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire eastern coast line hovered over the precipice of its adjoining oceanic depths], threatening to slide into a watery grave. |