The House of Defence v. 1

The House of Defence v. 1

An account of a holiday spent in one of the pleasantest of German island resorts, so plentifully sprinkled with humorous incident as to make the book fascinating even to those unable to travel there except in imagination. A story, written somewhat on the lines of Mr. Bailey-Martin, of the career of a public man. The snobbishness of the quondam friend who is here supposed to write the biography is cunningly revealed throughout. It is with your permission that I dedicate this book to you, and with your permission and by your desire that I explain the circumstances of its dedication. You were cured, as both you and I know, of a disease that medical science had pronounced incurable by a certain Christian Science healer, who used neither knife nor drugs upon you. I, a layman in medical affairs, think, as you know, that your disease was nervous in origin, and you will readily admit that the wise and skilful man who figures here as Sir James thought the same. But it was already organic when you went to him, and, after consultation with others, he pronounced it incurable. At the same time, he acknowledged its nervous origin, and you will acknowledge that with the utmost frankness he confessed entire inability to say how a nervous affection entered the more obviously material world of organic trouble. He had instances in plenty: fear, anxiety, he said, affected circulation and digestion, and that, of course, is patent to everybody. So, too, is the cure: remove the anxiety or fear, and you will get gastric affairs to go smoothly again, unless organic trouble has begun. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 45800
Author: Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English