We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Verne, Jules. "Vingt mille lieues sous les mers [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]." Magasin d'éducation et de récréation, Mar. 1869 - Jun. 1870. Serial.

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