"The kingdom of heaven is with men; but without, are dogs and liars, and sorcerers and whoremongers, and he that willeth and maketh a lie." "Seek first the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness, and all things shall be added unto you." "The Lord God is a sun and a shield, for a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." To prevent any person going to a lunatic asylum as patient wrongfully, I recommend: 1st. That the complainant be required to summon each physician in said town where the defendant lives, these being duly sworn after having examined the accused or defendant in regard to his sanity or insanity. 2d. That this examination be in presence of twelve legal unprejudiced jurors who shall weigh the testimony and decide accordingly in regard to his being a proper subject of a lunatic asylum. 3d. That the defendant or accused, like Paul before Felix, be permitted to answer for him or herself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber's Notes Original spellings and inconsistencies in hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation errors were corrected on pages 4, 32, 40, 47, 79, 104, 119, and 138. The following apparent typographical errors were corrected. Page 23, "to day" changed to "to-day." (I am happy to-day because I listened...) Page 24, "encourged" changed to "encouraged." (...my mother often encouraged me to read the Bible...) Page 52, "Belden" changed to "Beldon." (... a John Beldon, a man who, it was said...) Page 67, "conscientiouly" changed to "conscientiously." (...ten years I was conscientiously mistaken...) Page 86, "brutual" changed to "brutal." (...were engaged in brutal acts against poor lunatic persons...) Page 113, "Hoosic" changed to "Hoosick." (...keep his luny wife with him at Hoosick Falls...) Page 119, "shirt" changed to "skirt." (...to the men's hall with a skirt in her hand...) Page 132, "O'Donnell" changed to "O'Donnel." (After O'Donnel destroyed the Bible in the main house...) Page 137, "smutmill" changed to "smut mill." (...sent to the smut mill of hell...) End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Ten Years and Ten Months in Lunatic Asylums in Different States, by Moses Swan