In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them.

Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men will be able to achieve

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real

Ah, pierce me 100 times with your needles fine and I will thank you 100 times, Saint Morphine, you who Aeseulapus has made a God.

How much further can we go? What are the final frontiers in this quest for travel? Will humankind only be satisfied when journeys into space become readily available and affordable?

Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is in the English temperament.