Excerpt from An Introductory Address to the Course of Lectures, Before the Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement in the City of Albany: Delivered Nov. 30, 1841 Support. Neither, without proper nutriment, can be either healthy or vigorous. The aliment adapt ed to strengthen mind is Truth - truth, made the subject of careful study, and labored thought. But what is truth? This, young gentlemen, is a question of vast moment! 'as difficult as it is impor tant to be answered; for if there be an equivocal Word in the English language, 'as applied either to human sciences or religion, it is this word truth! 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.