Jules Verne says: I wrote Five Weeks in a Balloon, not as a story about balloons, but as a story about Africa. As I could not carry my personages across the continent otherwise, I placed them in a balloon; my object was to give a picturesque description of No matter what I invent, I shall always fall short of the truth. A time will come when scientific discoveries will surpass any creations of the imagination.
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