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beneficent
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Yet he might not have been so perfectly humane, so thoughtful in his generosity, so full of kindness and tenderness amidst his passion for adventurous exploit, had she not unfolded to him the real loveliness of beneficence and made the doing good the end and aim of his soaring ambition.†
p. 40.2
Definition:
doing or producing good -- especially generous in assistance to the poor