Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.

听到这项事业一开始便未遭逢任何灾难，你一定会感到欣喜；此前你曾对它抱有极其不祥的预感。

nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose,—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

没有什么比坚定的目标更能使心灵平静——那是灵魂能够注视的焦点。