The original / by the late Thomas Walker, edited and arranged under distinct heads; with additions by William A. Guy.

  • Thomas Walker
Date:
1875
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Credit: The original / by the late Thomas Walker, edited and arranged under distinct heads; with additions by William A. Guy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDITIONAL TESTIMONIALS. the precautions in our power. We must never be too sure, which is the almost certain forerunner of a relapse, but must distrust our strength on every occasion of temptation, either of commission or omission. It shall be my endeavour to practise somewhat of all I preach ; and, indeed, I feel to a certain extent the beneficial influence of turning my thoughts to the subjects I have treated of in these papers. I shall set to work in earnest in carrying that resolve into execution which I have mentioned at the beginning of this article. [And now, having completed his first volume, and kept silence, as to personal matters, for ten weeks (it is the 18th November), we are again informed of the author’s habits of composition, and again receive his confession of the extent to which he has fallen short of his own ideal:—] Dear Eeader,— Having arrived without accident at the conclusion of my first volume, I think I cannot begin my second more appropriately than with addressing you for the third time—first in my first number, and secondly in my ninth; and if it is not taxing you too much, I would ask you to refer to those addresses before you proceed with this. I think you will find I have in no degree deviated from the line I prescribed to myself in the outset. It has been my constant endeavour to place before you truth and sound doctrines only, in a familiar, in- telligible, and attractive form; and I am happy to have practically disproved a position I had often combated, that it is necessary, in order to succeed with a work like mine, to minister more or less to false, trifling, and depraved tastes. I have studied only to correct and purify such, and I have the gratification to find that my writings have made a far greater impression, and amongst a much more varied class of readers, than I at all anticipated. At the same time, I have strictly adhered to my principle, before stated, of abstaining from all artificial means of forcing a circulation. Though, as far as I have touched upon political subjects, I have used equal freedom towards all parties, I have been quoted by almost every, if not every daily paper in London, as well as by many other periodicals—by some frequently and very copioxisly, and I take this opportunity of offering my acknowledgments for this spontaneous notice. I have the same acknowledgments to make in respect to several provincial papers, some of which have been kindly forwarded to me through unknown channels. Since my last address I have also continued to receive letters from private sources, couched in still stronger terms of approval than those I have heretofore alluded to. The demand for my work has from the beginning been steadily and progi’essively increasing, and I have every reason to be satisfied with my undertaking. I mention these facts, gentle reader.
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