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said to be partially deluded ; for, inasmuch as the mind is one and indi- 

 visible, it will control all actions.* 



59. A strong moral impression may counteract an insane image, as a 

 party may be kept from doing wrong, by feeling assured that it will lead 

 to present or future inconvenience to himself. 



DEFECTIVE STATE OP MIND. 

 Idiotcy. 



60. When the structure of the brain is congenitally defective, so that 

 it cannot perform all its normal actions, the party is said to be an. idiot. 



Loss of Memory. 



61. Sometimes the power of memory is intermittent, or is totally lost, 

 as after the frequent recurrence of epileptic fits. 



Fits. 



62. Any interval of unconsciousness, except sleep, is called a Fit. 



Fatuity. 



63. When from loss of memory, or want of power in the brain, the 

 functions' of reflection or judgment are not perfectly performed, the 

 individual is said to be fatuous. 



Loss of Sensation. 



64. Sometimes the power of receiving impressions from the external 

 world is diminished or lost, as in blindness, deafness, &c. 



Paralysis^ 



65. When parts of the body do not move by volition, they are said to 

 be paralysed. 



Senile Imbecility. 



66. In old age the brain loses its power to receive new images, to 

 ^restore bygone impressions, to connect different images, or to apply 

 general laws to specific instances. That which ennobles the man has 

 passed away ; the outward f orm remains, but the inward structure has lost 

 its power to act. Childhood again ensues not to acquire new ideas, but 

 to forget those before implanted. All that is beautiful or desirable in this 

 world has passed away the brain has lost its power the mind ceases the 

 very existence of the man is unknown to himself, till death gives rise to a 

 new life, and discloses that new and glorious state in which our organiza- 

 tion teaches us that man will be immaterial and immortal. 



Varieties of Races. 



67. As individuals differ in their organization, it follows that they 

 differ in their capacity to perform various acts ; and we may presume that 



* As a matter of jurisprudence, it has been held by the Lord Chancellors, in 

 the House of Lords, that the mind cannot be said to be partially deluded, 

 inasmuch as it is one and indivisible. 



