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Dr. Seward’s Diary

           Whenanindividualhasrevolutionizedtherapeuticsbyhisdiscoveryofthecontinuousevolutionofbrainmatter,conventionalformsareunfitting,sincetheywouldseemtolimithimtooneofaclass. You,gentlemen,whobynationality,byheredity,orbythepossessionofnaturalgifts,arefittedtoholdyourrespectiveplacesinthemovingworld,ItaketowitnessthatIamassaneasatleastthemajorityofmenwhoareinfullpossessionoftheirliberties. AndIamsurethatyou,Dr.Seward,humanitarianandmedico-juristaswellasscientist,willdeemitamoraldutytodealwithmeasonetobeconsideredasunderexceptionalcircumstances."Hemadethislastappealwithacourtlyairofconvictionwhichwasnotwithoutitsowncharm. 

           Ithinkwewereallstaggered. Formyownpart,Iwasundertheconviction,despitemyknowledgeoftheman’scharacterandhistory,thathisreasonhadbeenrestored,andIfeltunderastrongimpulsetotellhimthatIwassatisfiedastohissanity,andwouldseeaboutthenecessaryformalitiesforhisreleaseinthemorning. Ithoughtitbettertowait,however,beforemakingsograveastatement,forofoldIknewthesuddenchangestowhichthisparticularpatientwasliable. SoIcontentedmyselfwithmakingageneralstatementthatheappearedtobeimprovingveryrapidly,thatIwouldhavealongerchatwithhiminthemorning,andwouldthenseewhatIcoulddointhedirectionofmeetinghiswishes. 

           Thisdidnotatallsatisfyhim,forhesaidquickly, "ButIfear,Dr.Seward,thatyouhardlyapprehendmywish. 

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