Knowledge Flashcards

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Secret

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The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine

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Heaven

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It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn

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3
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Dangerous

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How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge

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4
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Happier

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How happier the man who believes his native town to be the world than the man who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow

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5
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Powerful

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Was man so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so viscous and base

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6
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Ligaments

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By such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin

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7
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Astonishing

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When I found so astonishing a power placed within my hands, I hesitated a long time concerning the manner in which I should employ it

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8
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Ardently

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I ardently desired the acquisition of knowledge

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9
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Life

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One mans life or death is a small price to pay for the acquirement of knowledge

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10
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Stop

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What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man

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11
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Serpents

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You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been

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12
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Investigating

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I delighted in investigating their causes

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13
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Sullen

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I might have become sullen in my study

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14
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AO3

Caldwell

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Waltons reckless ambition and desire for glory is the exact same as Frankensteins

Waltons narrative serves to foreground the cautionary note of the text

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