WorkAmariah Brigham

“Remarks on the Influence of Mental Cultivation and Mental Excitement Upon Health”

Amariah Brigham (1798–1849)

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Documented 1834

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When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed1record
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850
1834—

Fragmentary Reading Notes and Autobiographical Reflections

p22, p24
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“If Brigham's theory were correct… I have finished Brigham on the influence of mental cultivation on Health — I cannot pretend to decide on his premises”

Fuller, Margaret. "Fragmentary Reading Notes and Autobiographical Reflections." Houghton Library, Harvard University.