Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos; the materials must, in the first place, be afforded: it can give form to dark, shapeless substances, but cannot bring into being the substance itself. Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1869 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
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