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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.

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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
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Jules Gabriel Verne
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Savages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and you’re surprised to find savages? Where aren’t there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages?
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We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.
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Ah, monsieur, to live in the bosom of the sea! Only there can independence be found! There I recognize no master! There I am free!
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There are no impossible obstacles there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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