“The Great Architect of the universe built it of good stuff.”

Source: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Ch. XXXI in the French text, Tr. William Butcher (1992)

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Le grand architecte de l'univers l'a construite on bons matériaux.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)

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French novelist, poet and playwright 1828–1905

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