The Ambition of Creation

As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved,

contrary to my first intention, to make the being of a gigantic stature; that is to say,

about eight feet in height, and proportionably large. After having formed

this determination, and having spent some months in successfully collecting and arranging my materials,

I began. No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane,

in the first enthusiasm of success. Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first

break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. A new species would

bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.