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So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.

Jules Verne

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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Civilization Force Law Necessary
Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
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Constitution Feeling Imagination Man Purity Satisfaction Understand
It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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See Travel Yourself
There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, – in God’s good time.
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Better Future God Goodness Hope Life Time World
The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?
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Beginning Earth End Nature Sea
The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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Architect Build Goodness Greatness Universe
I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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Bad Expression Love Myself Scare Word
So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.
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Creature Desire Establishment Heart Man Performance Survive World
On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.
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Abandonment Darkness Earth Eyes Light Night
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
Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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Best Friendship Ourselves Sleep Wait
Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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Best Better Reserve Surprise Worst
As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
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Body Creature Heart Life Need Soul Togetherness
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
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Earth Feeling Health Lonely Man Nature Purity Science Sea
The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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Country Earth Man Need
What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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Darkness Light Myself Perspective Yourself

So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.

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So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.

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