unsoundness of mind

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With these words he concludes one of his books: Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even can enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here a difficulty presents itself, which we must explain at once, namely, how can there be unsoundness of mind at all?

From Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Coppens, Charles

Medical practitioners, who have devoted their lives to the consideration and treatment of insanity, are disposed to doubt concerning the existence of any intrinsic or positive unsoundness of mind, as contra-distinguished from idiotcy and lunacy.

From A Letter to the Right Honorable the Lord Chancellor, on the Nature and Interpretation of Unsoundness of Mind, and Imbecility of Intellect by Haslam, John

Usually one or more of the direct progenitors, or of the near relatives of the patient, will be found to have manifested unmistakable marks of unsoundness of mind.

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)

There is very little evidence offered of any unsoundness of mind, and his death occurring at Woodstock, Colo., it is hardly to be supposed that he wandered that far.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)