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Dr. Seward’s Diary

           Letmetellyou,myfriend,thattherearethingsdonetodayinelectricalsciencewhichwouldhavebeendeemedunholybytheverymanwhodiscoveredelectricity,whowouldthemselvesnotsolongbeforebeenburnedaswizards. Therearealwaysmysteriesinlife. WhywasitthatMethuselahlivedninehundredyears,and‘OldParr’onehundredandsixty-nine,andyetthatpoorLucy,withfourmen’sbloodinherpoorveins,couldnotliveevenoneday? For,hadsheliveonemoreday,wecouldsaveher. Doyouknowallthemysteryoflifeanddeath? Doyouknowthealtogetherofcomparativeanatomyandcansaywhereforethequalitiesofbrutesareinsomemen,andnotinothers? Canyoutellmewhy,whenotherspidersdiesmallandsoon,thatonegreatspiderlivedforcenturiesinthetoweroftheoldSpanishchurchandgrewandgrew,till,ondescending,hecoulddrinktheoilofallthechurchlamps? CanyoutellmewhyinthePampas,ayandelsewhere,therearebatsthatcomeoutatnightandopentheveinsofcattleandhorsesandsuckdrytheirveins, howinsomeislandsoftheWesternseastherearebatswhichhangonthetreesallday,andthosewhohaveseendescribeaslikegiantnutsorpods,andthatwhenthesailorssleeponthedeck,becausethatitishot,flitdownonthemandthen,andtheninthemorningarefounddeadmen,whiteasevenMissLucywas?" 

           "GoodGod,Professor!"Isaid,startingup. 

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