The Origin and Nature of the Emotions

One of the most difficult things for a publisher to do is to estimate the value of a piece of work the spirit of which antagonizes his sense of scientific method.

The intrinsic purpose of Crile's efforts forms so laudable an impulse that the weight of criticism naturally falls on his side. The mechanistic theory of the emotions is of itself so attractive that almost any fault of logic or thinking would seem insignificant. It is furthermore rare to find a surgeon who is interested in anythin...