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I prepared myself for a multitude of reverses; my operations

might be incessantly baffled, and at last my work be imperfect,

yet when I considered the improvement which every day takes place

in science and mechanics, I was encouraged to hope my present

attempts would at least lay the foundations of future success.

Nor could I consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as

any argument of its impracticability. It was with these feelings

that I began the creation of a human being. 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.