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Chapter 4

           Inmyeducationmyfatherhadtakenthegreatestprecautionsthatmymindshouldbeimpressedwithnosupernaturalhorrors.Idonoteverremembertohavetrembledatataleofsuperstitionortohavefearedtheapparitionofaspirit.Darknesshadnoeffectuponmyfancy,andachurchyardwastomemerelythereceptacleofbodiesdeprivedoflife,which,frombeingtheseatofbeautyandstrength,hadbecomefoodfortheworm.NowIwasledtoexaminethecauseandprogressofthisdecayandforcedtospenddaysandnightsinvaultsandcharnel-houses.Myattentionwasfixeduponeveryobjectthemostinsupportabletothedelicacyofthehumanfeelings.Isawhowthefineformofmanwasdegradedandwasted;Ibeheldthecorruptionofdeathsucceedtothebloomingcheekoflife;Isawhowtheworminheritedthewondersoftheeyeandbrain.Ipaused,examiningandanalysingalltheminutiaeofcausation,asexemplifiedinthechangefromlifetodeath,anddeathtolife,untilfromthemidstofthisdarknessasuddenlightbrokeinuponmealightsobrilliantandwondrous,yetsosimple,thatwhileIbecamedizzywiththeimmensityoftheprospectwhichitillustrated,Iwassurprisedthatamongsomanymenofgeniuswhohaddirectedtheirinquiriestowardsthesamescience,thatIaloneshouldbereservedtodiscoversoastonishingasecret.

           Remember,Iamnotrecordingthevisionofamadman.ThesundoesnotmorecertainlyshineintheheavensthanthatwhichInowaffirmistrue.Somemiraclemighthaveproducedit,yetthestagesofthediscoveryweredistinctandprobable.Afterdaysandnightsofincrediblelabourandfatigue,Isucceededindiscoveringthecauseofgenerationandlife;nay,more,Ibecamemyselfcapableofbestowinganimationuponlifelessmatter.

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