1822-05-20+-+James'+thoughts

Well, I may have won that argument with Frank today, but I don’t feel any good about it. I can’t help but think that some attempt at resurrection really is what Eli would have wanted. I’ve been letting my own pain, and fears of what happened to Fitzgerald cloud my mind. Surely there must be a way to bring someone back to life without the things that happened to him occurring. After all, Fitzgerald was always more of a violent man than Eli. Eli was depending on me. A bad move to be sure, but Frank was right, I owe this to my brother.

If that’s not enough, simply think about how this could revolutionize our knowledge of the human body. We might finally be able to figure out what it is that truly makes living creatures tick, instead of using those vague notions of ‘spirit’ or humours. It would be as if we did for Biology, what Lavoisier (a soul too good for the French) did for Chemistry. Oh, that would be fantastic!