Translations:Victor of Aveyron/44/en

It would have been as useless, as inhuman, to oppose these habits, and I wished to associate them with his new existence, in order to render it more agreeable to him. This was not the case with those who labored under the disadvantage of continually exercising their stomach and muscles, and,,, of course, leaving, in a state of inaction, the sensibility of the nerves, and the faculty of the brain. Thus, I endeavored, and was gradually successful, in my attempts to render his excursions less frequent, his meals less copious, and repeated after longer intervals, the time he spent in bed much shorter, and his exercise more subservient to his instruction. My second object was to awaken the nervous sensibility with the most powerful stimulants, and sometimes by lively affections of the mind.