-the future is but the present a little farther on. - Jules Verne

"Now we are seeing the disadvantage of not knowing every language," said Conseil "or is it the disadvantage of not having a universal language?"

Je ne puis peindre mon désespoir; nul mot de la langue humaine ne rendrait mes sentiments. J’étais enterré vif, avec la perspective de mourir dans les tortures de la faim et de la soif.

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?