Open Doors In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

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In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Victor was inspired to discover the origin of life. Most people believe that scientists shouldn’t try to out power God, but I believe that if God wouldn’t want them to do that, he wouldn’t have given them the power to do so. I also believe that it would open doors for patients such as longer lives, and it could help cure the patients with cancer. Scientists should penetrate the secrets of nature. Finally, he said, ‘’the world was to me a secret which I desired to divine. Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember.’’
Victor said, ‘’I have described myself as always having been imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature. In spite of the intense labour and wonderful discoveries of modern philosophers, I always came from my studies discontented and unsatisfied. ’He also said, ‘’It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me,
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For example, patients could have the opportunity for a longer life. For instance, if scientists would penetrate the secrets of nature so you could live longer. I would try it to see if it works instead of being afraid. Another reason why, scientists should penetrate the secrets of nature is because if God wouldn’t want them to do that, he wouldn’t have given them the power to do so. For example, God wouldn’t give a man super powers for no reason, he gave them super powers to use it. Finally, the things scientists do could be a cure for a lot of things. For examples, they could find a way to find a cure to cancer, aids, sickle cell anemia, and autism. What if you were told that there was a cure to these things? That’s why I believe scientists should penetrate the secrets of

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