Cyrus Smith
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Cyrus Smith blessing the Captain Nemo on his death bed in Mystery Island
Cyrus Smith (named Cyrus Harding in some translations) was one of the protagonists of Jules Verne's novel Mysterious Island. He was an officer in the Union Army of the American Civil War. He was also a very skilled man, a great literary example of 19th century engineer.
Cyrus Smith is also a man posessed of the kind of high moral qualities common in Verne's protagonists. He is selfless, noble, honest, courageous, and utterly devoted to his companions. His McGyver esque practical knowledge of physics, chemistry, botany, navigation, and just about anything else you can imagine, enable the Mysterious Island's colonists to establish a thriving mini-civilization on their tiny chunk of land in record time. Template:Lit-stub