Almost as influential as my natural penchant was a marvelous book, which impressed and fascinated me more than any other—Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. I have re-read it many times, and I confess I sometimes re-read it still, each time finding anew the joys and enthusiasm of my childhood.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Almost as influential as my natural penchant was a marvelous book, which impressed and fascinated me more than any other—Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. I have re-read it many times, and I confess I sometimes re-read it still, each time finding anew the joys and enthusiasm of my childhood." in the context of "Norbert Castaret, Ten Years Under the Earth (New York: Greystone Press, 1938), p. xiv" to mean that wisdom is timeless.