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Quotation from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
“That Indian, sir, is an inhabitant of an oppressed country; and I am still, and shall be, to my last breath, one of them!”
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Part II, Chapter III, A Pearl of Ten Millions, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation
Having saved a poor pearl diver from a shark off Ceylon and given him pearls, Nemo explains why he risked his life.
Citation: "That Indian, sir, is an inhabitant of an oppressed country; and I am still, and shall be, to my last breath, one of them!" — Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Part II, Chapter III, A Pearl of Ten Millions, trans. Anonymous 19th-century translation. (id twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-q4)
Virtues: Charity
Portrait: Houghton FC8 V5946 869ve - Verne, frontispiece, Édouard Riou and Alphonse de Neuville, Public domain.
