On the Causes of Frequent Suicide: A Psychological Treatise

disappointed expectation after the hardships and years of war endured, and therefore this, too, belongs to the causes of frequent suicide. It is a well-known fact that humans can endure an infinite amount, that they can withstand unspeakable torture and torment in their bodies; this can be seen further in the detailed descriptions of twenty- and thirty-year wars, and in the reports of travelers regarding the almost inhuman cruelties that the penitent Banaprasthas forest-dwelling hermits inflicted upon themselves among the Hindu peoples. This endurance has its basis partly in the strength inherent in man, which makes him capable of it, and partly, no less, in the fact that he steels his heart and body in the expectation of increased happiness and a better future after courageously