, 1875-07-18
ROBERT DALE OWEN.


IIO BERT DALE OWEN.
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fto1 Mcaatu Da.e a,aas - ~ W
eacn " lug 6oos IL DAlo D 7s:. eoet ~ nI" ~ -
!aeuItS osa.9 - sa.sas T., Iaca-
lnRton he mas oeen On sisat W
porter % tne toz" ~ Wa Is r- ~ .n1,
with the request that he should RlVe: sucn
facta 80 ne "as Hulhg 70 1o'nisn oonsg ~ :.
his pfothers conoiaon. fToI. o"en sa!o .aas n1
there nave peen 30 many statsh19uts 1.ast3o N. a
publlsnad on the sno1ect OF ar; hooels o"en
INSANITY, many OF "hlch-doaot1ess unlnsetlon-
ally-are 30 calcnlated 70 mlsleao, ena. exen .e1
those from reliable sources are 80 mingled, Wat9
error that ne lett 1ussahea 10 etslhs INC 1o'1o"-
ing 1acts and 1easonings 70 the reporter:
me eonaltan o. us pposner ~ ngM Nv ast hast NV
ter understood than Formerly ana tue pest Eny-
sicians and supeflnten dents OF asyaqns CONCUR
in the belief that disturbed montat conoh'o1
ia always connected With . dtsofnetca phsslca1
condition. Iho C!nolnaatl toname3e111y COT
respondent stated that insanity nad oeen hsfeo-
ltaFy IN tho owen iamtly. eesefs@ menoots - ~
clndlng the father, having been anaaae az ~ .ne
time OF thar deaths. Prof. o"en ansE 'nes tao
correspondent asserted correctly that !n9 n!1oo
OF. Robert Owen, his 1asher. anu 81 nutaM
Ne~s@At =
he says tnat the writer seems unaware ofthe
fact that the father was 10 us ossn year "aen ne
died in Wales. and that LIS BODY anu 1ninq we're
in sound condition until a'fo" "eeks before
his death
Further, Prof Owen calls atseot1on 81. 20 tee T.
failure Of the correspondent to nnte tnat t1e
wandering OF mind evlnoed ny Whlaia V"en
was proved by post-mortem examination to re-
suit only from the same sylnpatheslo cause,
which showed that Lis long -coutlnued dyspepala
bad also involved heart ana nVar III tune'4oA@1
arrangement.
The mind OF DIR. David D2ie OWEN WAS 20
clear at tho lass that, although racked by PAIN:
he dictated portions OF his Arkansas hep2Is
until within t"snty-four hours OF MS d'sSoi1- ~,
tlon, and the samo cleaFness c6afacterizea sae
death-bcd OF his sister, Mrs. tauntlafoy' VINO
died Of hernia.
Prof. Owen conversed freely With his nrotner
Robert in april last. and he was then IN 1e'na1K.
ably good health Of body and mind ior man OF
his ago. All his life, although MS osain WAS !a1Se
and active, be Was Of quiet temperament; 10
much 30, that he was seldom if ever excited 10
anger in political debate or Religious controversy;
be could also slccp quietly immediately AFTER an
evening lecture delivered with energy. or soon
after drinking serera! cups OF coffee, stimulus
which oyer-excites many persons aud often IN
duces 1rsomnlency- He usually elept and digested
WE'LL aud during his whole life averaged hSe or
Six hours every day OF mental labor, usually
writing. without feeling that any injurious eHect
resulted. Even whon he unfortunately gave
himself up to Spiritualism, aud took strung ln-
terest IN everything connected with it, be never
became over-e1cited. At no tlue.0t bis llfe dld
his hand ever tremble. Although II yeaEs OF
age {being born November, 1800) he wrote, !ast
April, as clear, bold and distinct q hand as at ~
years Of age. Under all these advantages OF or
ganizstion. the question naturally occurred to
the reporter; What, then, Produced lie
present disorder Of his mind 2"
Prof. Owen replied that doubtless his brother
had become somewhat dyBpeptic alter ne iatt
the family and lived at hotels in the East. His
daughter Roe amond is undoubtedly correct IN
believing that, with his body thus neWhat
eufoebled he should not have performed his
usual amount of mental labor. But Prof.
Owen thinks there was another cause. That
cause was not spirituallsn, Is some Journals
have suggested, although be thinks that the
study Of Spirtualism is not calculated to give
the mind the same cool reasoning power whlch
would result from q Study Of acknowledged
phyeica1 facts and laws, or q life devoted to
useful profession. Had spirituaisna been the
brother'a conversation in his excited moments
would be of something connected with spiritual
ism. Why should be be SO deeply mortified
about Katie King? He had stated what he be-
1ieyed, and as soon as the 1mposture was ex-
poaed he honestly confessed himself decelved
mind "han ne went 20 otae "atet-cuSo d. OAuss sIs.
ana, however su1taoie 'aat a'e' Hsy pe. eapse1at5
1ol tnoae VINO eo .nete a5 an eaiy aE1 aAI
III ~ 1Ae tue W 4est' .tAo
OF o1et aco ha1lts AZ - sears =: uEe: VIII tou-
unneo mental 1aoos: was e1egeo1ests lmptnuGns,, pa,
1rlenn, tnls was tne cnast: peInaps 9uS: oue1 a13
OF the aoerratlon OF intellect u u ~eu
Known tnat gwen me suppression u III aouoi
% q! dlecharSe' sncn as nemol1nolus' ney ~
mdtastasis 1nduce INSANITY. .aere was cnanee
calculated to alter all the secIetlons' under some
circumstances. HeflAp&. 10T IQe b9kk2T. DUL IL