Memorials from Ben Rhydding; concerning the place, its people, its cures . nto a short^sleep—short but gentle; one of those indescribable sleepswhich bring • assurance to the sufferer. Thatnight was in many ways a turning-point in myexistence. I must have been near to the spiritualworld, for the veil before it looked very thin, andI descried the forms of august verities past, too, rushed down again, like a strongriver loosed from ribbed ice; and I saw amongthe inner mysteries of existence. Two tedious,weary years it cost me to recover from that attackof the Doctor, if indeed I ever
Memorials from Ben Rhydding; concerning the place, its people, its cures . nto a short^sleep—short but gentle; one of those indescribable sleepswhich bring • assurance to the sufferer. Thatnight was in many ways a turning-point in myexistence. I must have been near to the spiritualworld, for the veil before it looked very thin, andI descried the forms of august verities past, too, rushed down again, like a strongriver loosed from ribbed ice; and I saw amongthe inner mysteries of existence. Two tedious,weary years it cost me to recover from that attackof the Doctor, if indeed I ever have recovered : toobtain sight, however, of what he was the invo-luntary means of shewing me, I am not sure butI woidd encouuter his lancet again. Worthyman! Had he lived until now, he would cer-tainly have pronounced Hydropathy most danger- KILLING NOT CUEING. Ill ous, and gone even to the stake in behalf of hisown safe and scientific practice. How time flies !—there were many actors in that singular scene,but none remains on this terraqueous globe,
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