Excerpt from Thoughts on the Connection of Life, Mind, and Matter: In Respect to Education The Author has long sustained a high reputation for extensive reading, and scientific research, and for the practical application of their results to the affairs of every day life. The views here presented, are the fruits of long and mature reflection, thorough investigation, and much practical experience as a teacher, and it is believed, that although some of them may be considered bold and original, they will be found to bear the test of rigorous ex amination, and the closest scrutiny. If we mistake not, many of the physiological views, will likewise be interesting to the medical man, as well as the general reader. 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.