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Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth

           Isitnotevidentthatthisgallerywasoncethewayopentothecourseofthelava,andthatatthattimetheremusthavebeenafreepassage?Seeherearerecentfissuresgroovingandchannellingthegraniteroof.Thisroofitselfisformedoffragmentsofrockcarrieddown,ofenormousstones,asifbysomegiant’shand;butatonetimetheexpulsiveforcewasgreaterthanusual,andthisblock,likethefallingkeystoneofaruinedarch,hasslippeddowntothegroundandblockeduptheway.Itisonlyanaccidentalobstruction,notmetbySaknussemm,andifwedon’tdestroyitweshallbeunworthytoreachthecentreoftheearth."

           Suchwasmysentence!ThesouloftheProfessorhadpassedintome.Thegeniusofdiscoverypossessedmewholly.Iforgotthepast,Iscornedthefuture.IgavenotathoughttothethingsofthesurfaceofthisglobeintowhichIhaddived;itscitiesanditssunnyplains,HamburgandtheKönigstrasse,evenpoorGräuben,whomusthavegivenusupforlost,allwereforthetimedismissedfromthepagesofmymemory.

           "Well,"criedmyuncle,"letusmakeawaywithourpickaxes."

           "Toohardforthepickaxe."

           "Well,then,thespade."

           "Thatwouldtakeustoolong."

           "What,then?"

           "Whygunpowder,tobesure!Letusminetheobstacleandblowitup."

           "Oh,yes,itisonlyabitofrocktoblast!"

           "Hans,towork!"criedmyuncle.

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