Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Thoughsoprofoundadouble-dealer,Iwasinnosenseahypocrite;bothsidesofmewereindeadearnest;IwasnomoremyselfwhenIlaidasiderestraintandplungedinshame,thanwhenIlaboured,intheeyeofday,atthefurtheranceofknowledgeorthereliefofsorrowandsuffering. Anditchancedthatthedirectionofmyscientificstudies,whichledwhollytowardthemysticandthetranscendental,reactedandshedastronglightonthisconsciousnessoftheperennialwaramongmymembers. Witheveryday,andfrombothsidesofmyintelligence,themoralandtheintellectual,Ithusdrewsteadilynearertothattruth,bywhosepartialdiscoveryIhavebeendoomedtosuchadreadfulshipwreck: thatmanisnottrulyone,buttrulytwo. Isaytwo,becausethestateofmyownknowledgedoesnotpassbeyondthatpoint. Otherswillfollow,otherswilloutstripmeonthesamelines;andIhazardtheguessthatmanwillbeultimatelyknownforamerepolityofmultifarious,incongruous,andindependentdenizens. I,formypart,fromthenatureofmylife,advancedinfalliblyinonedirectionandinonedirectiononly.
