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| Round the Moon | Jules Verne |
AT SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LEAGUES |
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"That is tiresome," retorted Michel; "nothing like these matter-of-fact people for bringing one back to the bare reality." "But console yourself, Michel," continued Barbicane, "for if no orb exists from whence all laws of weight are banished, you are at least going to visit one where it is much less than on the earth." "The moon?" "Yes, the moon, on whose surface objects weigh six times less than on the earth, a phenomenon easy to prove." "And we shall feel it?" asked Michel. "Evidently, as two hundred pounds will only weigh thirty pounds on the surface of the moon." "And our muscular strength will not diminish?" "Not at all; instead of jumping one yard high, you will rise eighteen feet high." "But we shall be regular Herculeses in the moon!" exclaimed Michel. "Yes," replied Nicholl; "for if the height of the Selenites is in proportion to the density of their globe, they will be scarcely a foot high." "Lilliputians!" ejaculated Michel; "I shall play the part of Gulliver. We are going to realize the fable of the giants. This is the advantage of leaving one's own planet and over-running the solar world." "One moment, Michel," answered Barbicane; "if you wish to play the part of Gulliver, only visit the inferior planets, such as Mercury, Venus, or Mars, whose density is a little less than that of the earth; but do not venture into the great planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; for there the order will be changed, and you will become Lilliputian." "And in the sun?" |
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