You must never make snap judgments about your fellow man.
The coast, irregular
That before long chance would betray the captain's secrets. The next day, the 1st of June, the Nautilus continued the same
Submarine valley
Is this man, all things considered, to be hated or admired? Is he a victim or a killer?
If by chance this were the last of its race, would it not be better to spare it—in the interest of science?
Well, my dear fellow, resumed Banks, a daring climber like you ought to make some ascent in all this great chain. Never! exclaimed the captain. Why not? I have renounced ascents! Since when? ...
To look at the height of Snäfell it seemed impossible to reach the summit. But after an hours' fatigue and athletic exercise, a sort of staircase suddenly appeared in the midst of the vast carpet of s...
Then a door opened into a kitchen nine feet long, situated between the large store-rooms. There electricity, better than gas itself, did all the cooking.
The devil! exclaimed Ned.
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 the...
THREE SECONDS before the arrival of J. B. Hobson’s letter, I no more dreamed of chasing the unicorn than of trying for the Northwest Passage. Three seconds after reading this letter from the honorable...
People caught up in the excitement of mutiny could not maintain for long that union which allows great things to be accomplished. A ring leader of mutineers never has anything but an uncertain power i...
Pencroff, qui connaissait cinquante-deux manières d'accommoder les œufs, n'avait pas le choix en ce moment. Il dut se contenter de les introduire dans les cendres chaudes, et de les laisser durcir à p...
Mobilis in Mobile
It is not our duty to explain facts, but to make the best possible use of them.
IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT RECEIVES A NEW PROOF THAT FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE
However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having d...
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
He fulfilled in all emergencies those three conditions which united ought to insure human success—activity of mind and body, impetuous wishes, and powerful will.