Excerpt from From the East Unto the WestFor it could not easily be determined how far he belonged to the class of persons who, lured by the respect which ignorance accords to insanity, have more or less deliberately put an antic disposition on, and, finding themselves unable voluntarily to restore the balance of mind which they have volun tarily helped to overthrow, become entangled in their own toils, somewhat after the manner of a Hamlet with the parts left out.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.