It was a project of a grandiose nature, worthy of being called Megas Theos.Narrator
It is the man without a single defect, I say, who is terrifying!President Barbicane
One could feel that the air had been set in motion by some starred meteors.Narrator
To what heights of scientific glory would he not have raised himself, if God, in His infinite goodness, had only granted him an additional hundred years!Narrator
Science, in truth, has no pity for its devotees who must follow it if it goes astray.Narrator
To sink under it while fighting, to die from it, to break under its weight, is the common law.President Barbicane
The people in the solar world are, without doubt, made in the same mold as those of the Earth.Michel Ardan
Gravity, which you can detach from the Earth and which the first men probably seized with their hands, will quickly and irresistibly bring back the Columbiad toward the soil.Captain Nicholl
We shall be fortunate if, as is probable, and for our greatest good, it moves in an elliptical orbit. But it may happen that, as in the case of certain comets, this ellipse, too open or too elongated, may become a parabolic curve. Well, this would be a misfortune. Our travelers would never return.J. T. Maston
The origin of things is only the end of something else, and vice versa, according to which end one is considering.Michel Ardan