So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.


The Mysterious Island (1874)


So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living...

So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living...

So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living...

So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living...