“ Unworthy as you are to be remembered by men, men will remember you. ”
Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island (1874). copy citation
| Author | Jules Verne |
|---|---|
| Source | The Mysterious Island |
| Topic | |
| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by William Henry Giles Kingston |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1268/1268-h/1268-h.htm |
Context
“You cannot escape from this islet on which the ‘Duncan’ leaves you. You will be alone, under the eye of a God who reads the depths of the heart, but you will be neither lost nor forgotten, as was Captain Grant. Unworthy as you are to be remembered by men, men will remember you. I know where you are Ayrton, and I know where to find you. I will never forget it!
“And the ‘Duncan,’ making sail, soon disappeared. This was 18th of March, 1855.
(The events which have just been briefly related are taken from a work which some of our readers have no doubt read, and which is entitled,”
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