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The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
 * Once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
 * He spent his whole life exploring it.
 * It was the most incredible place he'd ever seen, and he wanted to share its beauty with the world.
 * Growing up in France, he was a weak and sickly boy.
 * Doctors encouraged him to swim to build up his strength.
 * He discovered that he loved the water.
 * He also loved to tinker and build all sorts of gadgets.
 * He saved his money and bought a camera to make his own movies, then took it apart to see how it worked.
 * PHYSICAL CLUE- camera
 * Man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
 * When he was a young man, he was badly hurt in a car accident.
 * Doctors told him he would haveto wear arm braces for the rest of his life, but he refused to accept this.
 * PHYSICAL CLUE- Arm braces
 * PHYSCIAL CLUE--- swim goggles
 * Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed.
 * Always I rebelled against the limiations imposed by a single breath of air.
 * PHYSICAL CLUE-- garden hose
 * But they weren't good enough.
 * They created a breathing apparatus they called the Aqua-Lung.
 * I flew without wings.
 * Now he was free to truly explore.
 * A silent world opened up to him.
 * It fascinated me to do something that seemed impossible.
 * He sailed all over the world.
 * What is a scientist, after all?
 * It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
 * It took the world by storm!
 * The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish. His film gave people their first glimpse of the amazing universe under the sea.
 * Everyone loved what they saw as mush as he did, and they wanted to see more.
 * THere is much to see and be seen by.
 * He was on a never ending quest to go deeper and learn more.
 * We must move on deeper.
 * May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind.
 * I am a believer in today-- and tomorrow.
 * He produced fifty books, two encyclopedias, and dozens of documentary films.
 * PHYSICAL CLUE- encyclopedia
 * WHen one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
 * They came face to face with the leafy sea dragon.
 * They tasted the wine. Alas, it was bitter.
 * He was the first human being they had ever seen.
 * We protect what we love.
 * But when they went back, he found it had changed.
 * The seas were polluted.
 * Plants and animals were dying.
 * He became their most important defender.
 * He shared its beauty with the world so that everyone could love and cherish it too.
 * If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed.
 * We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.
 * He received the United States Presidential medal of Freedom in 1985.
 * He died in 1997 at age 87.