Journey to the Center of the Earth

by Jules Verne

Our principle is, that books, instead of growing moldy behind an iron grating, should be worn out under the eyes of many readers. Therefore, these volumes are passed from one to another, read over and over, referred to again and again; and it often happens that they find their way back to their shelves only after an absence of a year or two.”

“Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors that it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.”