But his [guide's] habit of silence gained upon him day by day, and was infecting us. External objects produce decided effects upon the brain. A man shut up between four walls soon loses the power to associate words and ideas together. How many prisoners in solitary confinement become idiots, if not mad, for want of exercise for the thinking faculty! [The team wander through endless pitch-dark passages somewhere in the bowels of the Earth]
Saturday 4 January 2014
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne Chapter 26 The Worst Peril Of All
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne Chapter 7 A Woman's Courage
Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius? Where did truth stop? Where did error begin? [Axel talking about his uncle Professor Liedenbrock who tells him of his plan to go to the centre of the Earth]
Ah! women and young girls, how incomprehensible are your feminine hearts! When you are not the timidest, you are the bravest of creatures. Reason has nothing to do with your actions. [Axel's fiancée encourages him to go on the expedition knowing there was a chance she could never see him or her guardian the Professor ever again]
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