The ancient teachers of this science promised impossibilities, and performed nothing. The modern masters promise very little.. but these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of nature, and show how she works in her hiding places.. they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe, and they have acquired new and almost unlimited powers
Source: Frankenstein
