Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sense Denied and Lost Blindness is a condition which few but those who practically know it can ever comprehend. The cloud which descends on the physical sight, "And renders all the world a darken'd maze," is far more deep and absolute than we are at first inclined to imagine The loss of mere bodily vision alone is a fearful calamity; but far deeper is the blow when accompanied by that inner dullness and deadness to external impression which so often follows the bodily affliction. 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.