A Mind That Found Itself
A Mind That Found Itself
First published 1908 · 192 pages · about 3 hours to read
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This book tells the story of a young man who is gradually enveloped by a psychosis. His well-meaning family commits him to a series of mental hospitals, but he is brutalized by the treatment, and his moments of fleeting sanity become fewer and fewer. His ultimate recovery is a triumph on the human spirit.
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“This story is derived from as human a document as ever existed; and, because of its uncommon nature, perhaps no one thing contributes so much to its value as its authenticity.”
Chapter I “The biographical part of my autobiography might be called the history of a mental civil war, which I fought single-handed on a battlefield that lay within the compass of my skull.”
Chapter I “The dawn soon hid itself in the brilliancy of a perfect June day. Never had I seen a brighter--to look at; never a darker--to live through--or a better to die upon.”
Chapter II
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