"Now we are seeing the disadvantage of not knowing every language," said Conseil "or is it the disadvantage of not having a universal language?" - 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?"
I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new
The colonists had no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a book which was always at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a book which answered all their questions, and which they often consulted.
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In the sixteenth century neither the barometer nor the manometer had been invented — how, then, could Saknussemm have been able to discover when he did reach the centre of the earth?