Biographic Clinics, Vol. 2: The Origin of the Ill Health of George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, Wagner, Parkman, Jane Welch Carlyle, Spencer, Whittier, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, and Nietzsche (Classic Reprint)
Biographic Clinics, Vol. 2: The Origin of the Ill Health of George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, Wagner, Parkman, Jane Welch Carlyle, Spencer, Whittier, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, and Nietzsche (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Biographic Clinics, Vol. 2: The Origin of the Ill Health of George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, Wagner, Parkman, Jane Welch Carlyle, Spencer, Whittier, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, and Nietzsche Another reason for the professional neglect lies in the very habit of neglect itself. This was originally due to the former absolute ignorance of the physiology of vision. Whatever is utterly incomprehensible is put aside and no longer considered. It is so with menta tion, sensation, gravitation, the origin of matter, etc. ...
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Excerpt from Biographic Clinics, Vol. 2: The Origin of the Ill Health of George Eliot, George Henry Lewes, Wagner, Parkman, Jane Welch Carlyle, Spencer, Whittier, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, and Nietzsche Another reason for the professional neglect lies in the very habit of neglect itself. This was originally due to the former absolute ignorance of the physiology of vision. Whatever is utterly incomprehensible is put aside and no longer considered. It is so with menta tion, sensation, gravitation, the origin of matter, etc. Thus was generated the habit of thoughtlessness of the eye. Horsemen and farriers study the horse's feet and the art of shoeing. Athletes pay great attention to muscles, lungs, digestion, etc. The laws of sound and the education of the ear are diligently attended to by the musician; the dynamo by the electrician, and so on. But the man whose civilization, work, and personal life depend upon the use of an optical organ put to ser vice fifteen hours every day, cares nothing for optics, and least of all for physiologic optics! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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