You notice that they include a considerable tract of country.

Then, again, I think that we might venture upon a little cutting between Beirut, on the Mediterranean, and the upper waters of the Euphrates, which would lead us into the Persian Gulf.

Those are one or two of the more obvious canals which might knit the human race into a closer whole." "Your plans are certainly stupendous," said Robert, uncertain whether to laugh or to be awe-struck.

"You will cease to be a man, and become one of the great forces of Nature, altering, moulding, and improving." "That is precisely the view which I take of myself.

That is why I feel my responsibility so acutely." "But surely if you will do all this you may rest.