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[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
Esperantist
Geographer
Librettist
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Jules Gabriel Verne
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