Jules Verne (February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905) on Socialism and Human Needs(published by RevoltSource) |
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French Novelist, Poet, Playwright, whose Novels, Always well Documented, are Generally Set in the second half of the 19th Century, taking into Account the Technological Advances of the Time, and the second Most-translated Author in the World since 1979
: A French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“Usually what gamblers regret the most isn't the loss of their money so much as the loss of their insane hopes. But ultimately I feel less sorry for them than for the thousands of unfortunate people who would have benefited from a fair distribution of this wealth...”
Source: "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," by Jules Verne, 1870. Part 2, Chapter 8: The Bay of Vigo, Page 111.
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