Excerpt from The Physiology of Mind: Being the First Part of a Third Edition, Revised, Enlarged and in Great Part Rewritten, of "the Physiology and Pathology of Mind" The physiological method has made such great way that it stands not now in need either of de fence or advocacy; and the result cannot fail to be, as regards this book, that the exposition of its merits, made with all the vehemence of youthful enthusiasm, must look like a superfluous assertion of claims which are not seriously contested, while the record of acquisitions which have become part of the general body of thought certainly requires not the aggressive prominence which it had. 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.