"The secrets of nature are all around us. It's the scientists who reveal them and the politicians who pervert them. Now I, for one, would walk to Hell and back to end the blind stupidity that drives one man to believe that the only way he can advance himself is by crushing another."
Your Lost World character is Professor George Challenger. While he made his way into London's scientific community, he was still considered an outsider, especially when he preached of a lost world where dinosaurs still roamed. Putting together a small expedition and leaving his wife Jessie behind, he set out to prove himself. Challenger is a visionary and loves to spend time in the lab concocting new inventions.