Ch. XLI: The great explosion and the rush down below
• These sentences, from an early translation of the book (Griffith and Farran, 1871), have no source in the original French text.
• These sentences, from an early translation of the book (Griffith and Farran, 1871), have no source in the original French text.
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Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness! The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind. Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant. I was likely to understand it now.
— Jules Verne
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness! The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind. Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant. I was likely to understand it now." in the context of "Ch. XLI: The great explosion and the rush down below
• These sentences, from an early translation of the book (Griffith and Farran, 1871), have no source in the original French text." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Jules Verne" (Quotes, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864): Voyage au Centre de la Terre. Trans. Frederick Amadeus Malleson (1877). French text here. English text here.)
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About Jules Verne
Jules Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French writer best known as a pioneering author in science fiction.
About Jules Verne
Jules Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French writer best known as a pioneering author in science fiction.
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