“ it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new. ”
Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days (1873). copy citation
| Author | Jules Verne |
|---|---|
| Source | Around the World in 80 Days |
| Topic | novelty travel |
| Date | 1873 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by George Makepeace Towle |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/103/103-h/103-h.htm |
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“He gazed with wonder upon the fortifications which make this place the Gibraltar of the Indian Ocean, and the vast cisterns where the English engineers were still at work, two thousand years after the engineers of Solomon.
"Very curious, very curious," said Passepartout to himself, on returning to the steamer. "I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new." At six p.m. the Mongolia slowly moved out of the roadstead, and was soon once more on the Indian Ocean. She had a hundred and sixty-eight hours in which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north-west, and all sails aiding the engine.” source
"Very curious, very curious," said Passepartout to himself, on returning to the steamer. "I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new." At six p.m. the Mongolia slowly moved out of the roadstead, and was soon once more on the Indian Ocean. She had a hundred and sixty-eight hours in which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north-west, and all sails aiding the engine.” source
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