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"That he should live to be an instrument of mischief disturbs me; in other respects, this hour, when I momentarily expect my release, is the only happy one which I have enjoyed for several years. The forms of the beloved dead flit before me and I hasten to their arms. Farewell, Walton! Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. Yet why do I say this? I have myself been blasted in these hopes, yet another may succeed." 去书内
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    This final plea blends regret and resignation, as Frankenstein condemns ambition from his deathbed. “Instrument of mischief” acknowledges his creation’s chaos, while “happy hour” in death reveals the futility of his lifelong torment. The invocation to “seek happiness in tranquillity” rejects his own fatal drive, yet the bitter coda—“another may succeed”—hints at lingering fear that his mistake will repeat. His contradiction—condemning ambition while tacitly affirming its allure—captures the novel’s core warning: even “innocent” curiosity can birth destruction, leaving the dying to mourn what might have been. In these last words, hubris crashes into humility, a shattered visionary begging others to learn from his ruin.

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