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From The Earth To The Moon

Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun

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“They did to others that which they would not they should do to them—that grand principle of immorality upon which rests the whole art of war.”

— Jules Verne, amazon.com

Tagged: Relationship, People, War, Conflict, actions

“The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.”

— Jules Verne, amazon.com

Tagged: Attention, Looking, Presence, near, Closeness

“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 possi…”

— Jules Verne, amazon.com

Tagged: Words, Opinion, Thoughts, believing, Difficulties

“Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" is not a French one.”

— Jules Verne, amazon.com

Tagged: Possibility, impossible, mental, Mindset, Shock

“Now when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted.”

— Jules Verne, amazon.com

Tagged: Ideas, Thoughts, Concept, Opinion, decision