[Observing the slave island]
Professor Pierre Aronnax:
What is in those sacks they are carrying?
Captain Nemo:
Nitrates and phosphate for ammunition. The seeds of war. They're loading a full cargo of death. And when that ship takes it home the world will die a little more. I was once one of those pitiful wretches you see down there. Look at it again, professor, I don't want you to forget what you've seen here today.
Professor Pierre Aronnax:
I've seen enough.
Captain Nemo:
It's burned everlastingly in my memory.
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea -