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I
replied
in
the
affirmative
.
"
Every
minute
,
"
continued
M.
Krempe
with
warmth
,
"
every
instant
that
you
have
wasted
on
those
books
is
utterly
and
entirely
lost
.
You
have
burdened
your
memory
with
exploded
systems
and
useless
names
.
Good
God
!
In
what
desert
land
have
you
lived
,
where
no
one
was
kind
enough
to
inform
you
that
these
fancies
which
you
have
so
greedily
imbibed
are
a
thousand
years
old
and
as
musty
as
they
are
ancient
?
I
little
expected
,
in
this
enlightened
and
scientific
age
,
to
find
a
disciple
of
Albertus
Magnus
and
Paracelsus
.
My
dear
sir
,
you
must
begin
your
studies
entirely
anew
.
"
So
saying
,
he
stepped
aside
and
wrote
down
a
list
of
several
books
treating
of
natural
philosophy
which
he
desired
me
to
procure
,
and
dismissed
me
after
mentioning
that
in
the
beginning
of
the
following
week
he
intended
to
commence
a
course
of
lectures
upon
natural
philosophy
in
its
general
relations
,
and
that
M.
Waldman
,
a
fellow
professor
,
would
lecture
upon
chemistry
the
alternate
days
that
he
omitted
.
I
returned
home
not
disappointed
,
for
I
have
said
that
I
had
long
considered
those
authors
useless
whom
the
professor
reprobated
;
but
I
returned
not
at
all
the
more
inclined
to
recur
to
these
studies
in
any
shape
.
M.
Krempe
was
a
little
squat
man
with
a
gruff
voice
and
a
repulsive
countenance
;
the
teacher
,
therefore
,
did
not
prepossess
me
in
favour
of
his
pursuits
.
In
rather
a
too
philosophical
and
connected
a
strain
,
perhaps
,
I
have
given
an
account
of
the
conclusions
I
had
come
to
concerning
them
in
my
early
years
.
As
a
child
I
had
not
been
content
with
the
results
promised
by
the
modern
professors
of
natural
science
.
With
a
confusion
of
ideas
only
to
be
accounted
for
by
my
extreme
youth
and
my
want
of
a
guide
on
such
matters
,
I
had
retrod
the
steps
of
knowledge
along
the
paths
of
time
and
exchanged
the
discoveries
of
recent
inquirers
for
the
dreams
of
forgotten
alchemists
.
Besides
,
I
had
a
contempt
for
the
uses
of
modern
natural
philosophy
.
It
was
very
different
when
the
masters
of
the
science
sought
immortality
and
power
;
such
views
,
although
futile
,
were
grand
;
but
now
the
scene
was
changed
.
The
ambition
of
the
inquirer
seemed
to
limit
itself
to
the
annihilation
of
those
visions
on
which
my
interest
in
science
was
chiefly
founded
.
I
was
required
to
exchange
chimeras
of
boundless
grandeur
for
realities
of
little
worth
.
Such
were
my
reflections
during
the
first
two
or
three
days
of
my
residence
at
Ingolstadt
,
which
were
chiefly
spent
in
becoming
acquainted
with
the
localities
and
the
principal
residents
in
my
new
abode
.
But
as
the
ensuing
week
commenced
,
I
thought
of
the
information
which
M.
Krempe
had
given
me
concerning
the
lectures
.
And
although
I
could
not
consent
to
go
and
hear
that
little
conceited
fellow
deliver
sentences
out
of
a
pulpit
,
I
recollected
what
he
had
said
of
M.
Waldman
,
whom
I
had
never
seen
,
as
he
had
hitherto
been
out
of
town
.
Partly
from
curiosity
and
partly
from
idleness
,
I
went
into
the
lecturing
room
,
which
M.
Waldman
entered
shortly
after
.
This
professor
was
very
unlike
his
colleague
.
He
appeared
about
fifty
years
of
age
,
but
with
an
aspect
expressive
of
the
greatest
benevolence
;
a
few
grey
hairs
covered
his
temples
,
but
those
at
the
back
of
his
head
were
nearly
black
.
His
person
was
short
but
remarkably
erect
and
his
voice
the
sweetest
I
had
ever
heard
.
He
began
his
lecture
by
a
recapitulation
of
the
history
of
chemistry
and
the
various
improvements
made
by
different
men
of
learning
,
pronouncing
with
fervour
the
names
of
the
most
distinguished
discoverers
.
He
then
took
a
cursory
view
of
the
present
state
of
the
science
and
explained
many
of
its
elementary
terms
.
After
having
made
a
few
preparatory
experiments
,
he
concluded
with
a
panegyric
upon
modern
chemistry
,
the
terms
of
which
I
shall
never
forget
:
"
The
ancient
teachers
of
this
science
,
"
said
he
,
"
promised
impossibilities
and
performed
nothing
.
The
modern
masters
promise
very
little
;
they
know
that
metals
can
not
be
transmuted
and
that
the
elixir
of
life
is
a
chimera
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
ascend
into
the
heavens
;
they
have
discovered
how
the
blood
circulates
,
and
the
nature
of
the
air
we
breathe
.
They
have
acquired
new
and
almost
unlimited
powers
;
they
can
command
the
thunders
of
heaven
,
mimic
the
earthquake
,
and
even
mock
the
invisible
world
with
its
own
shadows
.
"
Such
were
the
professor
's
words
--
rather
let
me
say
such
the
words
of
the
fate
--
enounced
to
destroy
me
.
As
he
went
on
I
felt
as
if
my
soul
were
grappling
with
a
palpable
enemy
;
one
by
one
the
various
keys
were
touched
which
formed
the
mechanism
of
my
being
;
chord
after
chord
was
sounded
,
and
soon
my
mind
was
filled
with
one
thought
,
one
conception
,
one
purpose
.
So
much
has
been
done
,
exclaimed
the
soul
of
Frankenstein
--
more
,
far
more
,
will
I
achieve
;
treading
in
the
steps
already
marked
,
I
will
pioneer
a
new
way
,
explore
unknown
powers
,
and
unfold
to
the
world
the
deepest
mysteries
of
creation
.
I
closed
not
my
eyes
that
night
.
My
internal
being
was
in
a
state
of
insurrection
and
turmoil
;
I
felt
that
order
would
thence
arise
,
but
I
had
no
power
to
produce
it
.
By
degrees
,
after
the
morning
's
dawn
,
sleep
came
.
I
awoke
,
and
my
yesternight
's
thoughts
were
as
a
dream
.
There
only
remained
a
resolution
to
return
to
my
ancient
studies
and
to
devote
myself
to
a
science
for
which
I
believed
myself
to
possess
a
natural
talent
.
On
the
same
day
I
paid
M.
Waldman
a
visit
.
His
manners
in
private
were
even
more
mild
and
attractive
than
in
public
,
for
there
was
a
certain
dignity
in
his
mien
during
his
lecture
which
in
his
own
house
was
replaced
by
the
greatest
affability
and
kindness
.
I
gave
him
pretty
nearly
the
same
account
of
my
former
pursuits
as
I
had
given
to
his
fellow
professor
.
He
heard
with
attention
the
little
narration
concerning
my
studies
and
smiled
at
the
names
of
Cornelius
Agrippa
and
Paracelsus
,
but
without
the
contempt
that
M.
Krempe
had
exhibited
.
He
said
that
"
These
were
men
to
whose
indefatigable
zeal
modern
philosophers
were
indebted
for
most
of
the
foundations
of
their
knowledge
.
They
had
left
to
us
,
as
an
easier
task
,
to
give
new
names
and
arrange
in
connected
classifications
the
facts
which
they
in
a
great
degree
had
been
the
instruments
of
bringing
to
light
.
The
labours
of
men
of
genius
,
however
erroneously
directed
,
scarcely
ever
fail
in
ultimately
turning
to
the
solid
advantage
of
mankind
.
"
I
listened
to
his
statement
,
which
was
delivered
without
any
presumption
or
affectation
,
and
then
added
that
his
lecture
had
removed
my
prejudices
against
modern
chemists
;
I
expressed
myself
in
measured
terms
,
with
the
modesty
and
deference
due
from
a
youth
to
his
instructor
,
without
letting
escape
(
inexperience
in
life
would
have
made
me
ashamed
)
any
of
the
enthusiasm
which
stimulated
my
intended
labours
.
I
requested
his
advice
concerning
the
books
I
ought
to
procure
.
"
I
am
happy
,
"
said
M.
Waldman
,
"
to
have
gained
a
disciple
;
and
if
your
application
equals
your
ability
,
I
have
no
doubt
of
your
success
.
Chemistry
is
that
branch
of
natural
philosophy
in
which
the
greatest
improvements
have
been
and
may
be
made
;
it
is
on
that
account
that
I
have
made
it
my
peculiar
study
;
but
at
the
same
time
,
I
have
not
neglected
the
other
branches
of
science
.
A
man
would
make
but
a
very
sorry
chemist
if
he
attended
to
that
department
of
human
knowledge
alone
.
If
your
wish
is
to
become
really
a
man
of
science
and
not
merely
a
petty
experimentalist
,
I
should
advise
you
to
apply
to
every
branch
of
natural
philosophy
,
including
mathematics
.
"
He
then
took
me
into
his
laboratory
and
explained
to
me
the
uses
of
his
various
machines
,
instructing
me
as
to
what
I
ought
to
procure
and
promising
me
the
use
of
his
own
when
I
should
have
advanced
far
enough
in
the
science
not
to
derange
their
mechanism
.
He
also
gave
me
the
list
of
books
which
I
had
requested
,
and
I
took
my
leave
.
