The Human Nature Club ~ Paperback ~ Edward Thorndike

Excerpt from The Human Nature Club: An Introduction to the Study of Mental Life Mrs. Ralston stood at the door of her son's room and knocked. "Breakfast in five minutes, Arthur. I thought you got up when I called before." "All right; I'll be down," came from within, and Mrs. Ralston went downstairs. There she found the rest of the family assembled in the sitting-room. "Arthur will be down in a few minutes; we'll wait for him," she said; and then turning to Mr. Tasker, who was half boarder, half friend of the family, "How did you like the lecture last night?" "It was fine," was the reply. "Solid and worth while, and still very entertaining. His general theme was the interesting things one can find in the world all about him if hell only look. You remember how we puzzled over his title, 'They Have Eyes'? He claimed, for instance, that we could see how the rivers and valleys and plains and lakes have been formed if we'd only watch Bear Brook." "Yes!" broke in Mrs. Elkin, Mrs. Ralston's married daughter; "but don't you think that it depends on who looks? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.