It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it.
Jules VerneSavages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and youโre surprised to find savages? Where arenโt there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages?
Jules VerneWith 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 lastโremaining varieties of these titanic species, for whom years are centuries and centuries millennia?
Jules Verne