Excerpt from Recollections and Reflections<br><br>Some Of us consider, or profess to consider, that we are only machines wound up like clocks, simply doing what is pre-determined for us. This sounds all right in the lecture room, but in everyday life we behave as if we ourselves, and others, more especially others, are responsible for our conduct.<br><br>We are apt to be bewildered when we begin to philosophise, until we persuade our selves that we cannot be absolutely sure Of those things which are in reality most certain. George Borrow is by no means the only one who has tormented himself with doubts as to his own existence!<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.