Sound mind; or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect / By John Haslam.

  • Haslam, John, 1764-1844.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Sound mind; or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect / By John Haslam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    apprehension for the future. Tlieir re- collection is not an act of the will, but an excitation by the object that originally produced it. In the grammar of animals, the present is the only tense, and to punish them for the faults they had for- merly committed, would be equally absurd and tyrannical. They are not the crea- tures of compact, and being unable to com- preheniT the nature of institutions, and the obligation of laws, they cannot be respon- sible agents. It has also been remarked, that they are destitute of sympathy for the sufferings of their fellows; but sym- pathy would be superfluous, where they cannot understand the nature of the affliction, and do not possess the power of administering relief. The features of the human mind are