From my birth I have aspired like the eagle but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed.... Congratulate me then that I have found a fitting scope for my powers. (Mary Shelley)

From my birth I have aspired like the eagle but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed.... Congratulate me then that I have found a fitting scope for my powers.

Mary Shelley

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