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Mina Harker’s Journal

           Weresumedourplaces,andDr.VanHelsingwentonwithasortofcheerfulnesswhichshowedthattheseriousworkhadbegun. Itwastobetakenasgravely,andinasbusinesslikeaway,asanyothertransactionoflife. 

           "Well,youknowwhatwehavetocontendagainst,butwetoo,arenotwithoutstrength. Wehaveonoursidepowerofcombination,apowerdeniedtothevampirekind,wehavesourcesofscience,wearefreetoactandthink,andthehoursofthedayandthenightareoursequally. Infact,sofarasourpowersextend,theyareunfettered,andwearefreetousethem. Wehaveselfdevotioninacauseandanendtoachievewhichisnotaselfishone. Thesethingsaremuch. 

           "Nowletusseehowfarthegeneralpowersarrayedagainstusarerestrict,andhowtheindividualcannot. Infine,letusconsiderthelimitationsofthevampireingeneral,andofthisoneinparticular. 

           "Allwehavetogouponaretraditionsandsuperstitions. Thesedonotatthefirstappearmuch,whenthematterisoneoflifeanddeath,nayofmorethaneitherlifeordeath. Yetmustwebesatisfied,inthefirstplacebecausewehavetobe,noothermeansisatourcontrol,andsecondly,because,afterallthesethings,traditionandsuperstition,areeverything. Doesnotthebeliefinvampiresrestforothers,thoughnot,alas!forus,onthem! Ayearagowhichofuswouldhavereceivedsuchapossibility,inthemidstofourscientific,sceptical,matter-of-factnineteenthcentury? Weevenscoutedabeliefthatwesawjustifiedunderourveryeyes. 

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