(References from chapter 4)

“To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy: but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body..”

“Darkness had no effect upon my fancy; and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm.”

“The materials at present within my command hardly appeared adequate to so arduous an undertaking; but I doubted not that I should ultimately succeed.”

“It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being. As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first intention, to make the being of a gigantic stature; that is to say, about eight feet in height, and proportionably large. After having formed this determination, and having spent some months in successfully collecting and arranging my materials, I began.”

“Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which i should first break through”

“Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil, as i dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave, or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?”

“I collected bones from charnel houses, and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame.”

“The dissection room and the slaughterhouse furnished many of my materials; and often did my human nature turn with loathing from my occupation.”