1858

Jules Verne
(*8. Februar 1828 Nantes - †24. März 1905 Amiens)
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"La science, mon garçon, est faite d’erreurs, mais d’erreurs qu’il est bon de commettre, car elles mènent peu à peu à la vérité.

Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
 (1864)
Ch. XXXI: Preparations for a voyage of discovery