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Dracula

‘Van Helsing would, I know, do anything for me for a
personal reason, so no matter on what ground he comes,
we must accept his wishes. He is a seemingly arbitrary
man, this is because he knows what he is talking about

better than any one else. He is a philosopher and a
metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of
his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind.
This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and
indomitable resolution, self-command, and toleration
exalted from virtues to blessings, and the kindliest and
truest heart that beats, these form his equipment for the
noble work that he is doing for mankind, work both in
theory and practice, for his views are as wide as his all-
embracing sympathy. I tell you these facts that you may
know why I have such confidence in him. I have asked
him to come at once. I shall see Miss Westenra tomorrow
again. She is to meet me at the Stores, so that I may not
alarm her mother by too early a repetition of my call.
‘Yours always.’
John Seward
LETTER, ABRAHAM VAN HELSING, MD, DPh,
D. Lit, ETC, ETC, TO DR. SEWARD
2 September.
‘My good Friend,

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