“People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise. Between Barbicane's proposition and its realization no true Yankee would have allowed even the semblance of a difficulty to be possible. A thing with them is no sooner said than done.”
More from Jules Verne
“An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.”
“Man is never perfect, nor contented.”
“Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.”
“We cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we…”