Not an Animal but a Problem
You cannot imagine what this means to an investigator, what an intellectual passion grows upon him! You cannot imagine the strange, colourless delight of these intellectual desires! The thing before you is no longer an animal, a fellow-creature, but a problem!
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Context: Moreau describes how research has taken him over.
Not in a duel yet
Source: Chapter XIV, “Doctor Moreau Explains”