Emma :)’s Reviews > Frankenstein > Status Update

“The modern masters promise very little…But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of na-ture, and show how she works in her hiding places. They ascend into the heavens…They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven…”