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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/gatech-thesis/julesverne/basic/jules-verne-chapter3.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/gatech-thesis/julesverne/basic/jules-verne-chapter3.tex deleted file mode 100644 index e5dc055c0ff..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/gatech-thesis/julesverne/basic/jules-verne-chapter3.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,176 +0,0 @@ -\chapter{I Form My Resolution} - -Three seconds before the arrival of J. B. Hobson's letter I no more thought -of pursuing the unicorn than of attempting the passage of the North Sea. -Three seconds after reading the letter of the honourable Secretary of Marine, -I felt that my true vocation, the sole end of my life, was to chase this -disturbing monster and purge it from the world. - -But I had just returned from a fatiguing journey, weary and longing -for repose. I aspired to nothing more than again seeing my country, -my friends, my little lodging by the Jardin des Plantes, -my dear and precious collections---but nothing could keep me back! -I forgot all---fatigue, friends and collections---and accepted without -hesitation the offer of the American Government. - -``Besides,'' thought I, ``all roads lead back to Europe; and the unicorn -may be amiable enough to hurry me towards the coast of France. -This worthy animal may allow itself to be caught in the seas of Europe -(for my particular benefit), and I will not bring back less than half -a yard of his ivory halberd to the Museum of Natural History.'' -But in the meanwhile I must seek this narwhal in the North -Pacific Ocean, which, to return to France, was taking the road -to the antipodes.\cite{proceedings-full} - -``Conseil,'' I called in an impatient voice. - -\begin{figure}% - \centering% - \includegraphics[width=100bp]{jules-verne-test}% - \caption[The last test figure] - {This is the last test figure inserted into this text}% - \label{fig:test3}% -\end{figure} - -Conseil was my servant, a true, devoted Flemish boy, who had accompanied -me in all my travels. I liked him, and he returned the liking well. -He was quiet by nature, regular from principle, zealous from habit, -evincing little disturbance at the different surprises of life, -very quick with his hands, and apt at any service required of him; -and, despite his name, never giving advice--even when asked for it. - -\section{Section marker} - -Conseil had followed me for the last ten years wherever science led. -Never once did he complain of the length or fatigue of a journey, -never make an objection to pack his portmanteau for whatever -country it might be, or however far away, whether China or Congo. -Besides all this, he had good health, which defied all sickness, -and solid muscles, but no nerves; good morals are understood. -This boy was thirty years old, and his age to that of his master -as fifteen to twenty. May I be excused for saying that I was -forty years old? - -\begin{equation} -E=mc^2 -\end{equation} - -But Conseil had one fault: he was ceremonious to a degree, -and would never speak to me but in the third person, -which was sometimes provoking. - -``Conseil,'' said I again, beginning with feverish hands to make -preparations for my departure. - -Certainly I was sure of this devoted boy. As a rule, I never asked -him if it were convenient for him or not to follow me in my travels; -but this time the expedition in question might be prolonged, -and the enterprise might be hazardous in pursuit of an animal capable -of sinking a frigate as easily as a nutshell. Here there was matter -for reflection even to the most impassive man in the world. -What would Conseil say? - -\section{Another marker} - -``Conseil,'' I called a third time. - -Conseil appeared. - -``Did you call, sir?'' said he, entering. - -``Yes, my boy; make preparations for me and yourself too. -We leave in two hours.'' - -``As you please, sir,'' replied Conseil, quietly. - -``Not an instant to lose; lock in my trunk all travelling utensils, -coats, shirts, and stockings---without counting, as many as you can, -and make haste.'' - -``And your collections, sir?'' observed Conseil. - -``They will keep them at the hotel.'' - -``We are not returning to Paris, then?'' said Conseil. - -``Oh! certainly,'' I answered, evasively, ``by making a curve.'' - -``Will the curve please you, sir?'' - -``Oh! it will be nothing; not quite so direct a road, that is all. -We take our passage in the Abraham, Lincoln.'' - -``As you think proper, sir,'' coolly replied Conseil. - -``You see, my friend, it has to do with the monster---the -famous narwhal. We are going to purge it from the seas. -A glorious mission, but a dangerous one! We cannot tell -where we may go; these animals can be very capricious. -But we will go whether or no; we have got a captain who -is pretty wide-awake.'' - -\section{Yet Another Marker} - -Our luggage was transported to the deck of the frigate immediately. -I hastened on board and asked for Commander Farragut. -One of the sailors conducted me to the poop, where I found myself -in the presence of a good-looking officer, who held out his -hand to me. - -``Monsieur Pierre Aronnax?'' said he. - -``Himself,'' replied I. ``Commander Farragut?'' - -``You are welcome, Professor; your cabin is ready for you.'' - -I bowed, and desired to be conducted to the cabin destined for me. - -The Abraham Lincoln had been well chosen and equipped -for her new destination. She was a frigate of great speed, -fitted with high-pressure engines which admitted a pressure -of seven atmospheres. Under this the Abraham Lincoln attained -the mean speed of nearly eighteen knots and a third an hour---a -considerable speed, but, nevertheless, insufficient to grapple -with this gigantic cetacean. - -\vskip 0.25in -\begin{table}% - \caption[Add another table]{Add another Chinese Menu.} - \begin{center} - \begin{tabular}{lp{4.4cm}p{4.4cm}} - & \textbf{column A} & \textbf{column B} \\ - \textbf{hot} & Kung Pao Chicken & General Tso's Chicken \\ - \textbf{mild} & Moo Goo Gai Pan & Sweet and Sour Pork - \end{tabular} - \label{tab:test2} - \end{center} -\end{table} - -The interior arrangements of the frigate corresponded to its -nautical qualities. I was well satisfied with my cabin, -which was in the after part, opening upon the gunroom. - -``We shall be well off here,'' said I to Conseil. - -``As well, by your honour's leave, as a hermit-crab in the shell -of a whelk,'' said Conseil. - -I left Conseil to stow our trunks conveniently away, and remounted -the poop in order to survey the preparations for departure. - -At that moment Commander Farragut was ordering the last moorings -to be cast loose which held the Abraham Lincoln to the pier -of Brooklyn. So in a quarter of an hour, perhaps less, -the frigate would have sailed without me. I should have missed -this extraordinary, supernatural, and incredible expedition, -the recital of which may well meet with some suspicion. - -But Commander Farragut would not lose a day nor an hour -in scouring the seas in which the animal had been sighted. -He sent for the engineer. - -``Is the steam full on?'' asked he. - -``Yes, sir,'' replied the engineer. - -``Go ahead,'' cried Commander Farragut. |