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The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Jules Verne

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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
Esperantist
Geographer
Librettist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Jules Gabriel Verne
Pure
Desert
Tenths
Sides
Breath
Terrestrial
Everything
Breaths
Scuba
Feels
Lonely
Stirring
Never
Sea
Covers
Men
Seven
Globe
Life
Ocean
Globes
Healthy
Immense

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