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It is certain, exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject and let no one get before us in this design of discovering the centre of the earth.

Jules Verne

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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
Esperantist
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Jules Gabriel Verne
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