The industrial stomach cannot live without coal; industry is a carbonivorous animal and must have its proper food. Jules Verne animalcarbonivorouscoal Change image and share on social
Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd, and they will inevitably meet; it is a fatality, a question of time; that is all. Jules Verne crowdenemyfall share on social
The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it? Jules Verne beginendglobe Change image and share on social
We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer. Jules Verne blackdensediscern Change image and share on social
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. Jules Verne civilizationforcelaw Change image and share on social
Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which has long since lost all its vital heat. Jules Verne coldcorpseday Change image and share on social
Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon man. Jules Verne exercisefeverhuman Change image and share on social
On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality! Jules Verne cloudcovercurtain Change image and share on social
It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it. Jules Verne americangoodgrant Change image and share on social
Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same! Jules Verne peopletravelyoung Change image and share on social