"Men, Pencroft, however learned they may be, can never chan… - Jules Verne

"Men, Pencroft, however learned they may be, can never change anything of the cosmographical order established by God Himself." "And yet," added Pencroft, "the world is very learned. What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known!" answered Harding.

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Jules Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French writer best known as a pioneering author in science fiction.

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Alternative Names: Jules Gabriel Verne • Julius Verne

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"What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!"
"And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known!"

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John Buchan Herman Melville H. G. Wells Robert Louis Stevenson John Steinbeck

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