He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.
I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
One's native land!?there should one live! there die!
It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such conditions.