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Excerpt from The Piling of Tophet and the Trespass-Offering: A True Life History
This work is given to the public as a lunatic's defense of his position. Every effort I have made hitherto to come to an understanding with my fellow-men, on things which I see to proceed from them, and which give my life its whole shape, has drawn out nothing more than blank denials of all knowledge of the things I spoke of. Now it is impossible for me to reduce my thought to the bounds which others have been willing to con cede. The object of this little autobiography is to show the form and con sistency of the thought that is in my mind.
I present my evidence to the tribunals of last resort - the public and the press - and ask them to try the case and render their verdict. Have I a right to my thought, or have I not? If not, where am I deceived? If I have, why is not mine the true thought for all men?
It will be seen that there is not perfect unity of plan throughout. I have judged it preferable to leave the marks of the successive stages in writing it, as they indicate some facts that may be of interest. The para graphs in brackets are mostly after-thoughts, and are thus separated to leave apparent the original connection.
I trust that none will object to the candor of the personal confessions herein contained as uncalled for. Let it be remembered that these things might have been brought to light in a trial for murder. The trial which I would institute is more than that. It includes that, as to the sinner-but there is another party before the bar, and the decision in that case is not of less importance to the world.
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