Darwin, (I speak not of what the Doctor really did, or said that he did, but, as more to my purpose, of what was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began... Frankenstein, second edition - Page 363by Mary Shelley - 1999 - 364 pagesLimited preview - About this book
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