Clerval desired the intercourse of the men of genius and talent who flourished at this time; but this was with me a secondary object; I was principally occupied with the means of obtaining the information necessary for the completion of my promise, and quickly availed myself of the letters of introduction that I had brought with me, addressed to the most distinguished natural philosophers.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Clerval desired the intercourse of the men of genius and talent who flourished at this time, but this was with me a secondary object; I was principally occupied with the means of obtaining the information necessary for the completion of my promise and quickly availed myself of the letters of introduction that I had brought with me, addressed to the most distinguished natural philosophers.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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— from Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe
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