"We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer."
"On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man"
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Source: Jules Verne, William Butcher (2005). “The Extraordinary Journeys: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras”, p.30, Oxford University Press, USA
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