Excerpt from An Introductory Discourse, Delivered to the Lunatics in the Asylum, City of New-York, August 31, 1819It was observed by several present, that when this sentence was pronounced, one of the patients shed a profusion of tears, as though the case was his own. Cause. I shall, therefore, as a dictate of humanity, sanctioned by the Gospel, endeavour to offer you some advices which I hope the Lord may bless, to the relief and comfort of your feeble minds.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.