I trust that none will object to the candor of the personal confessions herein contained as uncalled for. The para graphs in brackets are mostly after-thoughts, and are thus separated to leave apparent the original connection. I have judged it preferable to leave the marks of the successive stages in writing it, as they indicate some facts that may be of interest. Have I a right to my thought, or have I not? If not, where am I deceived? If I have, why is not mine the true thought for all men? It will be seen that there is not perfect unity of plan throughout. I present my evidence to the tribunals of last resort - the public and the press - and ask them to try the case and render their verdict. The object of this little autobiography is to show the form and con sistency of the thought that is in my mind. Now it is impossible for me to reduce my thought to the bounds which others have been willing to con cede. Every effort I have made hitherto to come to an understanding with my fellow-men, on things which I see to proceed from them, and which give my life its whole shape, has drawn out nothing more than blank denials of all knowledge of the things I spoke of. Excerpt from The Piling of Tophet and the A True Life History This work is given to the public as a lunatic's defense of his position.
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