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There are no impossible obstacles there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

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
Impossible
Wills
Weaker
Obstacles
Stronger

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