... excessive labor. New fields of investigation have been laid open within the last hundred, and especially within the last fifty years. New inducements are offered, so that a greater variety of tastes is invited to their peculiar feasts of knowledge. Many persons now study phrenology, metaphysics, mathematics, physiology, chemistry, botany, and other branches of natural history, to say nothing of mesmerism, biology, &c., and thus they compel their brains to labor with more energy and exhausting...

The successive reports, upon whatever source or means of information procured, all tend to show an increasing number of the insane. In the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, and other civilized nations, so far as known, there has been a great increase of provision for the insane within forty years, and a very rapid increase within twenty years.

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Page 10 When an engineer assumes the direction of a steam-engine, he is not eontent with the assurance that with it he can run mills, looms, spinning-jennies, lathes, etc., but he studies the whole structure and strength of his machine, and of all its parts; the rate it can move, the force that can be applied without injury, the quantity of water and fuel that are needed, the pressure of steam that can be borne. Having thus prepared themselves for their responsibilities, the seaman sails his ship and the... Appears in 9 books from 1870-1887

Page 8 ... desirable conditions. They are struggling for that which costs them mental labor, and anxiety, and pain. The mistake, or the ambition of some, leads them to aim at that which they cannot reach, to strive for more than they can grasp, and their mental powers are strained to their utmost tension ; they labor in agitation, and they end in frequent disappointment. Their minds stagger under the disproportionate burden ; they are perplexed with the variety of insurmountable obstacles, and they are... Appears in 19 books from 1851-2005

Page 11 From all this survey, wo are irresistibly drawn to the conclusion that insanity is a part of the price that we are paying for the imperfection of our civilization and the incompleteness of our education. This is not merely a present fact. It has been so in ages past. It will be so in the future. Our children will be required to pay the same price, until all men, women, and youths shall be educated to know the law of their being, and to feel and sustain their responsibility for the faithful management... Appears in 10 books from 1870-1928

Page 8 ... a comparatively retired, simple, and unpretending, to the showy, the fashionable, or the cultivated style of life. In this transition state there must be more mental labor for those who are passing from one condition to the other ; there must be much thought and toil, much hope and fear, and much anxiety and vexation to effect the passage and to sustain one's self in the new position. Appears in 9 books from 1851-2003

Page 9 NOT TAUGHT. Among the abundant, various, and profitable teachings of the schools and the world, of books and of society, the inseparable connection of mind and body, of thought, mental action, study and reasoning, with the brain, holds an insufficient prominence. Ordinarily this has no place in the plans of education. Among the countless improvements that have been made, there yet remains the frequent error, both of faith and... Appears in 6 books from 1870-1879

Page 7 In the progress of the age, education has made rapid advance both in reaching a wider circle of persons, and in multiplying the subjects of study. The improvements in the education of children and youth have increased their mental labors, and imposed more burdens upon their brains in the present than in the preceding ages. The proportion of children... Appears in 9 books from 1851-1929

Page 10 ... larger, broader, more earnest, and effective. With this increase of power, derived from education, there is also more delicacy in organization, and more danger of functional disturbance. With these larger endowments of capacity and knowledge there comes a greater responsibility for self-management, more danger of mistakes and of consequent disease. These dangers are strewn all along the path of life. Education and civilization have created or increased them, and should be held responsible for... Appears in 6 books from 1872-1928

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