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Whether Captain Vere was had suddenly
become the victim of aberation, and whether
the proceedings part he took in the events
shortly to be given, confirm it, this the
supposition, I for one, decline to determine

In other words, there are instances
when it is next to impossible justly positively to 45
determine whether a man is of sound or
unsound mind in his mind or beginnning to
be otherwise.

Whether Captain Vere, as the
Surgeon professionally & privilyprivilyEL privatelyS surmised, was ^ really the ^ sudden victim
of any degree of aberation, the rea every
one must determine for himself by the light of the
by such light as the narrative af
may afford.
277 237 In
Whether Captain Vere was had suddenly
become the victim of aberation, and whether
the proceedings part he took in the events
shortly to be given, confirm it, this the
supposition, I for one, decline to determine

In other words, there are instances
when it is next to impossible justly positively to 45
determine whether a man is of sound or
unsound mind in his mind or beginnning to
be otherwise.

Whether Captain Vere, as the
Surgeon professionally & privilyprivilyEL privatelyS surmised, was ^ really the ^ sudden victim
of any degree of aberation, the rea every
one must determine for himself by the light of the
by such light as the narrative af
may afford.

Transcribed by: Christopher Ohge