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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.

Jules Verne

The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
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Civilization Destruction Humanity Instrument Learning Perfection Reason Society Weapon
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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Description Horror Portrait
I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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Hope Inspirational Myself Perseverance Power Success
An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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Death Energy Man Success
However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
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Eat End Hungry People Philosophy
All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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Accomplishment Impossible Inspirational Motivational
We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
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Oneself Perfection Science Theory
Nature’s creative power is far beyond man’s instinct of destruction.
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Beyond Creation Destruction Man Nature Power
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Argument Best Destroy Force
I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable.
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Believe Capability Constitution Employment Intense Light Togetherness Water
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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Flower Nature Sea Soul
All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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Action God Greatness Return
On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
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Calm Destroy Each Other Man Ocean Peace
It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.
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Discover Earth God Logic Reason Science
There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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Impossible Obstacle Strong Weakness Willing
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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Behaviour Human Mindset Natural

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