And this accident came about...?"Through nature's unpredictability not man's incapacity. No errors were committed in our maneuvers. Nevertheless, we can't prevent a loss of balance from taking its toll. One may defy human laws, but no one can withstand the laws of nature.

Jules Verne


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Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.

Jules Verne

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Ned Land: I wouldn't be surprised if they were cannibals; but I can assure you they won't eat me without my having something to say about it!
Conseil: Keep calm, Ned, keep calm. You're getting angry before there is any need to. We're not in the pot yet!

Jules Verne


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Conseil: If that is the case, this dugong may well be the last of its race, and perhaps it would be better to spare it, in the interest of science.
Ned Land: Perhaps it will be better to hunt it, in the interest of the kitchen.

Jules Verne


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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!

Jules Verne


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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.

Jules Verne


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With its untold depths, couldn't the sea keep alive such huge specimens of life from another age, this sea that never changes while the land masses undergo almost continuous alteration? Couldn't the heart of the ocean hide the last–remaining varieties of these titanic species, for whom years are centuries and centuries millennia?

Jules Verne


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Wherever he saw a hole he always wanted
to know the depth of it. To him this was important.

Jules Verne

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Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks" "Yes, sir, of sharks and men.

Jules Verne


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Oh!' cried Neb, 'suppose it's jam!'
'I hope not,' replied the reporter.

Jules Verne

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