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I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

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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
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Exploration
Curiosity
Pay
Wanted
Even
Life

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Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.
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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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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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As for difficulties, replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, they were made to be overcome.
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In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.
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