An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish. - Jules Verne

The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and life-giving. It is an immense desert place where man is never lonely, for he senses the weaving of Creation on every hand. It is the physical embodiment of a supernatural existence... For the sea is itself nothing but love and emotion. It is the Living Infinite, as one of your poets has said. Nature manifests herself in it, with her three kingdoms: mineral, vegetable, and animal. The ocean is the vast reservoir of Nature.

Ce ne sont pas de nouveaux continents qu'il faut à la terre, mais de nouveaux hommes!

The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.