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“Watchman, What of the Night?”

The Presidential Address Delivered at the Ninety-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association, Held at Brighton, July 12, 1939

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

A. Helen A. Boyle
A. Helen A. Boyle*
Affiliation:
The Lady Chichester Hospital, Hove
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I chose the title “Watchman, What of the Night?” because I hope to show that “the night is departing, the day is approaching”.

When I was thinking, with considerable anxiety, how I should start this address to you I was at the same time listening to the anthem by Brahms: “Blesseadre they that mourn”. Surely this omen was a good omen. How ever I may mourn to fall short of the high standard you are accustomed to, you will I trust bless and comfort me by your kind-hearted and friendly reception of my effort.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 85 , Issue 358 , September 1939 , pp. 858 - 870
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1939 

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