In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.

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

Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.

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

Ah, monsieur, to live in the bosom of the sea! Only there can independence be found! There I recognize no master! There I am free!

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new