"The
sea is everything!
It covers seven-tenths of the earth.
Its breath is pure and wholesome.
The sea is an immense desert where man is never alone,
for he feels life pulsating all about him.
The sea is nothing but the means which permits man
to lead an almost supernatural existence,
it is all movement and love."
Captain Nemo, from Jules Verne's "20,000 leagues Under The Sea"
- 1870.
