My Life Friends: A Psychologist's Memories (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from My Life Friends: A Psychologist's Memories

IN the forties, when I came upon the scene, Bridgwater was by no means an imposing-looking town. Whether one reached it from the big energetic Bristol city or from the more elegant and aristocratic city Of Exeter, farther to the west, it was apt to appear poor, if not mean. Depression Of the eye was likely to be followed by that Of the lungs, for the air was heavy and relaxing, so that even local doctors have been known to resort to the self-denying ordinance Of advising their patients to get out of it as Often as possible. A longer inspection, however, was calculated to modify a first hasty condemnation Of the Old town. If its air was a little soporific, it was flushed now and again with quickening currents borne by the rushing tides Of the river from the near-lying Bristol Channel. If the broad sweep Of more or less marshy flats to the south and east bred ague and other evil things, these moors were a fattening pasturage which made the town a mart for excellent butter, cheese, and other commodities.

The muddy river itself, which looked the picture Of unwholesome stagnation when the tide was low, contributed to our welfare. Spring-tides lifted the water to SO high a level that ships Of a respectable tonnage could reach the docks of our port.

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