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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which… — Mary Shelley

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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Mary Shelley
Frankenstein · 1818
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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. Penguin Classics, 2018, letter 1.
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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, letter 1.

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