Jules Verne

- 190

WE MAY BRAVE HUMAN

LAWS, BUT WE CANNOT
RESIST NATURAL ONES.

SCIENCE, MY LAD, IS MADE

UP OF MISTAKES, BUT THEY
ARE MISTAKES WHICH IT IS
USEFUL TO MAKE, BECAUSE
THEY LEAD LITTLE BY
LITTLE TO THE TRUTH.
 Jules Verne

8 of February

1828
 Charles
Dickens
- 206

NO ONE IS USELESS IN THIS

WORLD WHO LIGHTENS THE
BURDEN OF IT TO ANYONE ELSE.

I NEVER COULD HAVE DONE WHAT

I HAVE DONE WITHOUT THE
HABITS OF PUNCTUALITY, ORDER,
AND DILIGENCE, WITHOUT THE
DETERMINATION TO CONCENTRATE
MYSELF ON ONE SUBJECT AT A
TIME.
 Charles Dickens

6 of February 1812
Jack London
- 142

YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR

INSPIRATION. YOU HAVE TO
GO AFTER IT WITH A CLUB.

THE PROPER FUNCTION OF

MAN IS TO LIVE, NOT TO
EXIST. I SHALL NOT WASTE
MY DAYS IN TRYING TO
PROLONG THEM. I SHALL USE
MY TIME.

I WOULD RATHER BE A
SUPERB METEOR, EVERY
ATOM OF ME IN
MAGNIFICENT GLOW, THAN A
SLEEPY AND PERMANENT
PLANET.
 Jack London

11 of January 1876
Jack London was born John Griffith Chaney
on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco,
California. After working in the Klondike,
London returned home and began publishing
stories. His novels, including The Call of the
Wild, White Fang and Martin Eden, placed
London among the most popular American
authors of his time. London, who was also a
journalist and an outspoken socialist, died in
1916.
Charles Dickens was a British novelist,
journalist, editor, illustrator and social
commentator who wrote such beloved classic
novels as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol,
Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of
Two Cities and Great Expectations. Dickens is
remembered as one of the most important and
influential writers of the 19th century. Among
his accomplishments, he has been lauded for
providing a stark portrait of the Victorian era
underclass, helping to bring about societal
change. When Dickens died of a stroke, he left
his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood,
unfinished.
Born in Nantes, France, in 1828, Jules Verne
pursued a writing career after finishing law school.
He hit his stride after meeting publisher Pierre-
Jules Hetzel, who nurtured many of the works that
would comprise the author's Voyages
Extraordinaires. Often referred to as the "Father of
Science Fiction," Verne wrote books about a
variety of innovations and technological
advancements years before they were practical
realities. Although he died in 1905, his works
continued to be published well after his death, and
he became the second most translated author in
the world.