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Originally Posted by JVN
Just Thought of Another one:
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne.
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"But here not any instrument whatever, not a utensil. From nothing they must supply themselves with everything... if the engineer could have brought his practical science, his inventive mind to bear on their situation, perhaps all hope would not have been lost. The engineer was to them a microcosm, a compound of every science, a possessor of all human knowledge."
I'm home for the 4th of July.
This quote from The Mysterious Island has been hanging on my wall for years. I thought I'd share.
JV