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Quotation from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
“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.”
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter XXXI, Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery, trans. F. A. Malleson
The Professor reflects on how much of what the learned believed about the interior has proved mistaken.
Citation: "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." — Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter XXXI, Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery, trans. F. A. Malleson. (id journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-q6)
Portrait: Félix Nadar 1820-1910 portraits Jules Verne, Nadar, Public domain.
