The Autobiography of Shakespeare: A Fragment:

From INTRODUCTION. FIVE years ago I laid these following papers aside. I was then much broken in health and spirit. And I was overwhelmed by the solemn importance of the work, and bewildered and almost discouraged by the many inconsistencies with known or, rather, assumed facts or beliefs, and even, very often, with itself. Furthermore, doubts of various kinds - perhaps I should rather say subtle cross-questionings and wonderings - at times assailed me: but I had only to read some pages, al...