We see indications convincing us that the mind, under our treatment, awakens to a consciousness of what it is, and what it is made for.

We see man becoming to himself a higher object, and attaining to the conviction of the equal and indestructible of every being.

In them, we see the dawning of the great principle advocated by us continually, viz., That the individual is not made to be the instrument of others, but to govern himself by an inward law, and to advance towards his proper perfections; that he belongs to himself and to God, and to no human superior.

In all our teachings we aim to purify and ennoble the character of our patients by promoting in them true virtue, strong temperance proclivities and a true piety; and to accomplish these ends we endeavor to stimulate their own exertions for a better knowledge of God, and for a determined self-control." And again he says: "Almost every day we hear from some one who has been with us under treatment, who has been cured.

Their struggles had been fierce, and the battle sometimes would seem to be against them; but, at last, they have claimed the victory.