“ In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless. ”
Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island (1874). copy citation
| Author | Jules Verne |
|---|---|
| Source | The Mysterious Island |
| Topic | presence |
| 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
“An hour afterwards the boiling lava filled the corral, converting into vapor the water of the little rivulet which ran through it, burning up the house like dry grass, and leaving not even a post of the palisade to mark the spot where the corral once stood.
To contend against this disaster would have been folly—nay, madness. In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
It was now daylight—the 24th of January. Cyrus Harding and his companions, before returning to Granite House, desired to ascertain the probable direction this inundation of lava was about to take.”
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