Excerpt from Considerations on the Human Mind: Its Present State, and Future Destination Hence, the angry imprecations of the prophetess, and the punishment, inflicted on the elder and unoffending members of the family. When the second child was born, great were the rejoicings. Many were the visits of congratulation, and many were the cups of caudle, flavored with sugar, and cinnamon, and nutmeg, and wine, which, with pieces of cake, were handed about, each visitor wishing Health and Long Life, to the son and heir, who was pronounced by all, the finest child, that ever was seen, and as like to his father, as possible! The Parson and the Doctor, always manage to interest themselves, with our entrance into this world, and with our departure from it. It was so in this instance. The child, at the proper time, was christened and inoculated. He cried on both occasions. He screamed, and seemed, as if ho would get into fits, because his face was sprinkled with water, - and he manifested an equal dislike, to having his arm punctured, for the insertion of a portion of the variolous infection. The poor infant, what could he know of the great value of those processes? It was well for him, that he had parents to think for him - a zealous Cleric, and a benevolent Doctor, to attend to his Spiritual and Temporal Health, in their respective departments. The child grew up - strong, healthy, bold, and obstinate; and a great trouble to his mother. He could read, as soon as he could speak, and was fond of reading. He preferred to be alone, rather than to play much with other children. His questions, are said to have been strange, and not easy to answer. He asked a Reason for everything, and was not satisfed, with an Idle or Foolish reason. He was sent to school. 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.