The Western Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from The Western Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3: A Continuation of the Illinois Monthly Magazine, From January to December, 1835 The person that heals the maladies of the mind is, in the highest sense, a philanthropist. The physical evils incident to man are as inferior in point of magnitude to the miseries of the soul, as is the material structure, his fragile body, with respect to duration, to the indestructible agent that animates it with rational vitality. Happiness may exist, if the spirit be in a sound, healthful state, although the external means of enjoyment be removed. It is, indeed, an animating view of human dignity that presents itself in the case of an individual despoiled of every source of worldly comfort, still preserving a cheerful independence. Our emotions of moral sublimity never rise higher than when we gaze upon man as he stands on the wreck of all his sublunary hopes, and while he feels the last foundation, life itself, giving way, hurling defiance at the imbecile efforts of nature to annihilate his spirit, or even intercept for a moment, his prospect of a happy interminable existence. How varied the picture of such a life from that in which tormenting solicitude, arising from a conviction of ill desert, is the prevailing feature. To restore the disordered spirit to soundness of health, that it may triumph over the adversities of life, is a task of immeasurable magnitude. 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.