strange, also sublime
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eldritchhobbitI am back after a wonderful experience at Duke, in time to say happy birthday to Jules Verne (1828-1905), one of the great parents of science fiction.
In his honor, a quote for the day:
And, among the worthy people who have so kindly received us, I revise my record of these adventures once more. Not a fact has been omitted, not a detail exaggerated. It is a faithful narrative of this incredible expedition in an element inaccessible to man, but to which Progress will one day open a road.
Shall I be believed? I do not know. And it matters little, after all. What I now affirm is, that I have a right to speak of these seas, under which, in less than ten months, I have crossed 20,000 leagues in that
submarine tour of the world, which has revealed so many wonders.
But what has become of the Nautilus? Did it resist the pressure of the maelstrom? Does Captain Nemo still live? And does he still follow under the ocean those frightful retaliations? Or, did he stop after the last
hecatomb?
Will the waves one day carry to him this manuscript containing the history of his life? Shall I ever know the name of this man? Will the missing vessel tell us by its nationality that of Captain Nemo?
I hope so. And I also hope that his powerful vessel has conquered the sea at its most terrible gulf, and that the Nautilus has survived where so many other vessels have been lost! If it be so -- if Captain Nemo
still inhabits the ocean, his adopted country, may hatred be appeased in that savage heart! May the contemplation of so many wonders extinguish for ever the spirit of vengeance! May the judge disappear, and the philosopher continue the peaceful exploration of the sea! If his destiny be strange, it is also sublime. Have I not understood it myself? Have I not lived ten months of this unnatural life? And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago, "That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?" two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer -- CAPTAIN NEMO AND MYSELF.
-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
In his honor, a quote for the day:
And, among the worthy people who have so kindly received us, I revise my record of these adventures once more. Not a fact has been omitted, not a detail exaggerated. It is a faithful narrative of this incredible expedition in an element inaccessible to man, but to which Progress will one day open a road.
Shall I be believed? I do not know. And it matters little, after all. What I now affirm is, that I have a right to speak of these seas, under which, in less than ten months, I have crossed 20,000 leagues in that
submarine tour of the world, which has revealed so many wonders.
But what has become of the Nautilus? Did it resist the pressure of the maelstrom? Does Captain Nemo still live? And does he still follow under the ocean those frightful retaliations? Or, did he stop after the last
hecatomb?
Will the waves one day carry to him this manuscript containing the history of his life? Shall I ever know the name of this man? Will the missing vessel tell us by its nationality that of Captain Nemo?
I hope so. And I also hope that his powerful vessel has conquered the sea at its most terrible gulf, and that the Nautilus has survived where so many other vessels have been lost! If it be so -- if Captain Nemo
still inhabits the ocean, his adopted country, may hatred be appeased in that savage heart! May the contemplation of so many wonders extinguish for ever the spirit of vengeance! May the judge disappear, and the philosopher continue the peaceful exploration of the sea! If his destiny be strange, it is also sublime. Have I not understood it myself? Have I not lived ten months of this unnatural life? And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago, "That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?" two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer -- CAPTAIN NEMO AND MYSELF.
-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Date: 2005-02-08 05:19 pm (UTC)Happy Birthday Jules Verne! I'm so glad someone besides me bothers to say happy birthday famous people (dead or alive).:)
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Date: 2005-02-08 09:02 pm (UTC)By the way, could I ask you the world's Most Ignorant Question? How exactly do you post pictures to the community LJ? I'd like to do so, but I'm woefully ignorant. Sorry for the cluelessness!
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Date: 2005-02-09 05:46 am (UTC)Eh, don't worry, it took me a long time to figure it out too! I think I had to ask my sister, The All-Knowledgable Lady of Livejournal...
When you update your journal, at the bottom of the left corner of your update page it should give an option of which journal to 'post to'...It should say that, and you click that and it should tell you the different journals you have access to post in.
Hope this makes sense. I am rotten at giving computer, or otherwise, directions!
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Date: 2005-02-09 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-10 03:50 am (UTC)Ah, I understand now...*rearranged mind* Hm...it's best if you have pictures hosted somewhere, for example photobucket.com, etc...then you copy that img scr and post that...I think that's how it works.
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Date: 2005-02-10 05:11 am (UTC)