Victor Frankenstein continues recounting the influences that lead to his great experiment
Before this I was not unacquainted with the more obvious laws of electricity. On this occasion a man of great research in natural philosophy was with us, and excited by this catastrophe he entered on the
explanation of a theory which he had formed on the subject of electricity and galvanism, which was at once new and astonishing to me. All that he said threw greatly into the shade Cornelius Agrippa Albertus
Magnus, and Paracelsus, the lords of my imagination but by some fatality the overthrow of these men disinclined me to pursue my accustomed studies. It seemed to me as if nothing would or could ever be
known All that had so long engaged my attention suddenly grew despicable By one of those caprices of the mind which we are perhaps most subject to in early youth I at once gave up my former occupations
set down natural history and all its progeny as a deformed and abortive creation, and entertained the greatest disdain for a would-be science which could never even step within the threshold of real knowledge
In this mood of mind I betook myself to the mathematics and the branches of study appertaining to that science as being built upon secure foundations, and so worthy of my consideration
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In this mood of mind
What does this line say about the narrator?
He made up his mind after careful consideration
He made up his mind based on his annoyance
He made up his mind by getting good advice
He made up his mind to quit working altogether