Captain Nemo and Myself

And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago, “That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?” two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer——
CAPTAIN NEMO AND MYSELF.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) by Jules Verne

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Context: The closing words of the narrator's account of the voyage.

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Source: Part Two, Chapter XXIII: Conclusion

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