His Subject Is The "origin Of Species,"

[on Being Deaf:] We Must Struggle For Whatever May Be Had, Without Encroaching On The Comfort Of Others.

But Is It Not The Fact That Religion Emanates From The Nature, From The Moral State Of The Individual? Is It Not Therefore True That Unless The Nature Be Completely Exercised, The Moral State Harmonized, The Religion Cannot Be Healthy?

Leisure, Some Degree Of It, Is Necessary To The Health Of Every Man's Spirit.

Everything But Truth Becomes Loathed In A Sick-room ... Let The Nurse Avow That The Medicine Is Nauseous. Let The Physician Declare That The Treatment Will Be Painful. Let Sister, Or Brother, Or Friend, Tell Me That I Must Never Look To Be Well. When The Time Approaches That I Am To Die, Let Me Be Told That I Am To Die, And When.

I Think That Few People Are Aware How Early It Is Right To Respect The Modesty Of An Infant.