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Excerpt from The Reciprocal Influence of Body and Mind Considered: As It Affects the Great Questions of Advancement
IN placing his volume before the tribunal of the public, the author would confess that he is per fectly conscious of its containing some defective points in argument, - some reasoning which might be better illustrated, - some subjects which as yet cannot be developed beyond a certain extent, or which require a larger experience, - and some in stances of repetition which might have been avoided. But he is fain to crave a degree of subject, - of its being greatly an unexplored tract, and containing much of the terra incognita and of his own active professional duties, which have crowded his literary labours into a very late hour of the night, and which have occasioned fre quent interruptions of a most harassing character. Yet he would hope that notwithstanding these dif ficulties and imperfections, some steps in advance have been taken towards exploring that most im. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.