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 | | In 1912, some forty odd years after the publication of 20,000 leagues Under The Sea, Sir Earnest Shackleton wrote in The Future of Exploration: |
 | | "...all the work of our modern oceanographers-- of Sir John Murray of Challenger fame, Dr. Hjort of the Michael Sars, Prince Albert of Monaco, and of the various marine biological stations-- has won less of public attention and interest than did a single one of Jules Verne's heroes, Captain Nemo of the Nautilus. |
 | | Thus does a good tale overshadow the romance of real life...." |
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