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seem to have overtaxed his heart, and immediately
after his return " there commenced cardiac disturb-
ances which never afterwards entirely ceased; and
which doubtless prepared the way for the more
serious derangements of health subsequently
established,"

For a time he settled down to essay-writing 5 <?.£., on
" Method in Education," in which he sought to justify
his own experience of his father's non-coercive
liberating methods by affiliating these with the
Method of Nature; on *' Manners and Fashions," in
which he protested against unthinking subservience
to social conventions, some of which are mere survivals
of more primitive times without present-day justifica-
tion 5 on " The Genesis of Science," in which he
showed how the sciences have grown out of common
knowledge 5 and on " Railway Morals and Railway
Policy," in which he made some salutary disclosures
with characteristic fearlessness.

Spencer's second book, " The Principles of Psycho-
logy," began to be written in 1854 in a summer-house at
Treport, and it was in the same year that the author
made his first acquaintance with Paris. Preoccupied
with his task, he wandered from Jersey to Brighton,
from London to Derby, often writing about five hours
a day, and thinking with but little intermission. The
result was that he finished the book in about a year
and almost finished his own career. The nervous
breakdown that followed cost him a year and a half
for recuperation, and his pursuit of truth was ever
afterwards involved with a pursuit of health.

In search of health Spencer reverted to the best of
his ability to a simple life, but he found it difficult
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	33 seem to have overtaxed his heart, and immediately after his return " there commenced cardiac disturb- ances which never afterwards entirely ceased; and which doubtless prepared the way for the more serious derangements of health subsequently established," For a time he settled down to essay-writing 5 <?.£., on " Method in Education," in which he sought to justify his own experience of his father's non-coercive liberating methods by affiliating these with the Method of Nature; on *' Manners and Fashions," in which he protested against unthinking subservience to social conventions, some of which are mere survivals of more primitive times without present-day justifica- tion 5 on " The Genesis of Science," in which he showed how the sciences have grown out of common knowledge 5 and on " Railway Morals and Railway Policy," in which he made some salutary disclosures with characteristic fearlessness. Spencer's second book, " The Principles of Psycho- logy," began to be written in 1854 in a summer-house at Treport, and it was in the same year that the author made his first acquaintance with Paris. Preoccupied with his task, he wandered from Jersey to Brighton, from London to Derby, often writing about five hours a day, and thinking with but little intermission. The result was that he finished the book in about a year and almost finished his own career. The nervous breakdown that followed cost him a year and a half for recuperation, and his pursuit of truth was ever afterwards involved with a pursuit of health. In search of health Spencer reverted to the best of his ability to a simple life, but he found it difficult C