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Mina Harker’s Journal

           Butthatisgone,andwemustsowork,thatotherpoorsoulsperishnot,whilstwecansave. Thenosferatudonotdielikethebeewhenhestingonce. Heisonlystronger,andbeingstronger,haveyetmorepowertoworkevil. Thisvampirewhichisamongstusisofhimselfsostronginpersonastwentymen,heisofcunningmorethanmortal,forhiscunningbethegrowthofages, hehavestilltheaidsofnecromancy,whichis,ashisetymologyimply,thedivinationbythedead,andallthedeadthathecancomenightoareforhimatcommand,heisbrute,andmorethanbrute,heisdevilincallous,andtheheartofhimisnot, hecan,withinhisrange,directtheelements,thestorm,thefog,thethunder, hecancommandallthemeanerthings,therat,andtheowl,andthebat,themoth,andthefox,andthewolf,hecangrowandbecomesmall,andhecanattimesvanishandcomeunknown. Howthenarewetobeginourstriketodestroyhim? Howshallwefindhiswhere,andhavingfoundit,howcanwedestroy? Myfriends,thisismuch,itisaterribletaskthatweundertake,andtheremaybeconsequencetomakethebraveshudder. Forifwefailinthisourfighthemustsurelywin,andthenwhereendwe? Lifeisnothings,Iheedhimnot. Buttofailhere,isnotmerelifeordeath. Itisthatwebecomeashim,thatwehenceforwardbecomefoulthingsofthenightlikehim,withoutheartorconscience,preyingonthebodiesandthesoulsofthosewelovebest. 

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