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Quotation from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

“Descend, bold traveller, into the crater of the jokul of Sneffels, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July, and you will attain the centre of the earth; which I have done, Arne Saknussemm.”

Jules Verne (spoken by Arne Saknussemm (as translated))

Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter V, Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay, trans. F. A. Malleson

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The deciphered runic message, read backwards from Latin, that launches the expedition.

Citation: "Descend, bold traveller, into the crater of the jokul of Sneffels, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July, and you will attain the centre of the earth; which I have done, Arne Saknussemm." — Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter V, Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay, trans. F. A. Malleson. (id journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-q1)

Portrait: Félix Nadar 1820-1910 portraits Jules Verne, Nadar, Public domain.

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