On the Causes of Frequent Suicide: A Psychological Treatise

repulses them, if they remain averse to the decision to continue leading a dreary life in which all effort, all care, all patience ultimately appear to have been applied and proven in vain. But I have already indicated several times above what aversion and life-weariness lead to. We therefore easily understand why cases of self-destruction occur more frequently after endured prolonged and dangerous wars than at any other time. Those who promise and do not keep their word have an infinite amount to answer for.

It might be striking, even strange and appear quite foreign to the subject being discussed, if I were to cite as a cause of frequent suicide the diminished trust in the clergyman