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Mr. Gabriel Utterson
is one of Dr. Jekyll’s professional contemporaries and an old friend of both he and Utterson, though at the outset of the story, he is revealed to have qualms with Jekyll’s scientific methods, calling them “devilish”. Later, we realize that Lanyon’s disapproval comes from fear of the new world that Jekyll’s ideas threaten to create. Lanyon’s shock, at witnessing the “unnatural” transformation of Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde is so extreme, that he dies and passes on the burden of his secret to Utterson.
Dr. Hastie Lanyon Quotes in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Chapter 2
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“He began to go wrong, wrong in mind; and though of course I continue to take an interest in him for old sake's sake, as they say, I see and I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."
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Chapter 6
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"I have had a shock," he said, "and I shall never recover. It is a question of weeks. Well, life has been pleasant; I liked it; yes, sir, I used to like it. I sometimes think if we knew all, we should be more glad to get away."
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Chapter 9
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What he told me in the next hour, I cannot bring my mind to
set on paper. I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul
sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my
eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer.
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Dr. Hastie Lanyon Quotes in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Chapter 2
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“He began to go wrong, wrong in mind; and though of course I continue to take an interest in him for old sake's sake, as they say, I see and I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."
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Chapter 6
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"I have had a shock," he said, "and I shall never recover. It is a question of weeks. Well, life has been pleasant; I liked it; yes, sir, I used to like it. I sometimes think if we knew all, we should be more glad to get away."
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Chapter 9
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What he told me in the next hour, I cannot bring my mind to
set on paper. I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul
sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my
eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer.
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