An historical account of the discovery and education of a savage man, or, Of the first developments, physical and moral, of the young savage caught in the woods near Aveyron in the year 1798 / By E.M. Itard.

  • Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
Date:
1802
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Credit: An historical account of the discovery and education of a savage man, or, Of the first developments, physical and moral, of the young savage caught in the woods near Aveyron in the year 1798 / By E.M. Itard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ]4S THE SAVAGE OF AVEYRON. ing and unequivocal manner ; and the first appearances of which cast consi- derable suspicion on the origin of cer- tain affections of the heart, which wre regard as very natural. I ought not, at this stage of my investigation, to be precipitate in judging and in draw- ing conclusions. I am deeply im- pressed with the persuasion, that until . they are matured by time, and con- firmed by farther observations, that we ought to refrain from publishing, or even entertaining speculations, which may have a tendency to destroy prejudices in themselves perhaps re- spectable, and which, beyond all doubt, constitute the most amiable, as well as the most consoling illusions of social life. Printed by Wilson tsf Co. oriental press, Mid-Court, Unwin's inn Fields.