# what book did this come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-did-this-come-from/97280 "2001-12-06T19:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-did-this-come-from/97280/1 "2001-12-06T19:24:19Z")
“Oh, be men or be more than men.” What book did that come from? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-did-this-come-from/97280/2 "2001-12-06T19:30:48Z")
According to [this site](http://www.bookrags.com/notes/frk/QUO.htm), it’s from Frankenstein. I’m off now to grab a hard copy to verify that. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-did-this-come-from/97280/3 "2001-12-06T19:38:34Z")
Yep. Chapter 24, the letter dated “September 5th,” paragraph beginning “What do you mean?” Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-did-this-come-from/97280/4 "2001-12-06T21:47:42Z")
Thanks, **Knead**.