Jacques Charles quotes
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“Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It was not mere pleasure; it was perfect bliss. Escaped from the frightful torments of persecution and of calumny, I felt that I was answering all in rising above all.”
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“All was glorious - a cloudless sky above, a most delicious view around. . . . How great is our good fortune! I care not what may be the condition of the earth; it is the sky that is for me now.”
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“I just come and talk to the plants, really--very important to talk to them, they respond I find.”
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“I have fallen in love with all sorts of girls and I fully intend to go on doing so.”
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