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The Daily Dispatch: December 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Disorders of the mind. (search)
men not work 'Molly might as well put the kettle on the fire and say, now don't boil.' I foresee distinctly that if I were to be idle I should go mad." The fate of Swift and Marlborough was also before his eyes, and in his journal there is an entry expressive of his fears lest the anticipated blow should not destroy life, and that at men begin to fail — becoming, as it were, infirm of purpose? That way madness lies; let me shun that. No more of that." The sensible presentiment which Dean Swift had of his imbecility is illustrated in his memorable conversation with Dr. Young. The two were walking in the neighborhood of Dublin when Dr. Young suddenly mn the stream of Time. What a rebuke to the pride of intellect! What a lesson to the arrogance and contempt with which many persons of genius not comparable to Dean Swift look down upon the ordinary head! Who hath made them to differ? The qualities which make men intellectually great are not their own creation, but the gifts of