"We will be able to depart this life with the quiet peace-giving notion, that we were permitted to contribute to the happiness of many who will live after us. In our long lives we endeavored to unfold the collective consciousness. In our lives we have known hell and heaven; the final balance, however, is that we helped pave the way to dynamic harmony in this earthly house. That, I believe, is the meaning of this live."
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Letter to a friend, July 1981 cited in: "In Memoriam R. W. van Bemmelen," Geologie en Mijnbouw, Vol 63, No. 1 (1984); Reprinted online at Tectonics and Sedimentation of Indonesia website, 1999.
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Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
Reinout Willem van Bemmelen (April 14, 1904 Batavia (Dutch East Indies) - November 19, 1983 Unterpirkach, Austria) was a Dutch geologist, whose interests were structural geology, economic geology and volcanology. He is known for his work on these subjects and the geology of Indonesia.
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