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said to be partially deluded ; for, inasmucli as tie 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 assui-ed 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 intei-mittent, or is totally lost, 

 as after the frequent recuiTence 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 he 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 form remains, but the inward structure has lost 

 its power to act. Childhood again ensues — ^not to acquii-e 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 n«w and glorious state in which our organiza-- 

 tion teaches us that man will be immaterial and immortal. 



Varieties of Races. 



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

 differ ia 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: 



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