At that time it was thought desirable to withhold a considerable portion of the diaries, but after the lapse of nearly forty years the reasons for this suppression no longer hold good, and the most important of the omitted passages are ...

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.