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 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * I had determined at one time that the memory of these evils should die with me, but you have won me to alter my determination.
 * I understand your feeling," continued he, perceiving that I wished to interrupt him; "but you are mistaken, my friend, if thus you will allow me to name you; nothing can alter my destiny; listen to my history, and you will perceive how irrevocably it is determined."
 * The conclusion of this speech convinced my father that my ideas were deranged, and he instantly changed the subject of our conversation and endeavoured to alter the course of my thoughts.


 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * So have I seen Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did not alter her tides and her seasons for that.