In a world obsessed with the temporary, here is a masterpiece that dares to confront the eternal."The Four Last Things" takes you on an extraordinary journey into the most profound mysteries of human existence. With piercing insight and timeless wisdom, this remarkable work illuminates the four ultimate destinations of every human soul: Death, which none can escape; Judgment, which none can avoid; Heaven, which surpasses all imagination; and Hell, which exceeds all fears.Dr...

In a world obsessed with the temporary, here is a masterpiece that dares to confront the eternal."The Four Last Things" takes you on an extraordinary journey into the most profound mysteries of human existence. With piercing insight and timeless wisdom, this remarkable work illuminates the four ultimate destinations of every human soul: Death, which none can escape; Judgment, which none can avoid; Heaven, which surpasses all imagination; and Hell, which exceeds all fears.Dr...

William Bates begins his autobiography with a compilation of childhood memories best described by following the analogy set in the title. He describes memories as though marked by tombstones commemorating a childhood marred by abuse. He revisits his past through the benefit of self-analysis, endurance, and self-motivation. The early years in the “historical Paradise” of Niagara-on-the-Lake included boyhood escapades which he describes with fondness and humor. There are sporadic hints of so...

In The Danger of Prosperity William Bates (1625-1699) insightfully teaches Christians how wealth, honor, and fame often contribute to the downfall of the unwary. He challenges his readers with the tender encouragement of a shepherd, to carefully consider the ways in which prosperity that is abused is both fatal and destructive, while providing numerous helps that Christians who enjoy God's hand of blessing can use to avoid its sinful abuse and improve it to God's glory and their e...

Family history, usually destined or even designed for limited consumption, is a familiar genre within Mormon culture. Mostly written with little attention to standards of historical scholarship, such works are a distinctly hagiographic form of family memorabilia. But many family sagas in the right hands can prove widely engaging, owing to inherent drama and historical relevance. They can truthfully illuminate larger matters of history, humanity, and culture.Kerry Bate proceeds on t...

The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses by William Horatio Bates. A brilliant book written by an eye-surgeon for the masses.The book contains findings after decades of research and experimental work into various eye disorders. Even though he expected to find some errors in the old theories and beliefs used for the past 150 years, he was amazed at his own discoveries and the effect they had for the treatment of defective vision.Bates graduated A.B. from Corn...

Perfect Sight Without Glasses sets out Bates's radical claim that vision improves by relieving strain rather than by wearing lenses. In clinical yet polemical prose, he braids case histories, retinoscopic notes, and exercises—palming, sunning, shifting, "central fixation"—arguing that accommodation reflects extraocular muscular action and that refractive errors fluctuate with attention and emotion, challenging the Helmholtzian consensus amid early twentieth‑century medical pluralism. Bates...

In "Perfect Sight Without Glasses," William Horatio Bates presents a groundbreaking approach to vision correction that challenges conventional practices of the early 20th century. Bates combines anecdotal evidence, empirical observations, and visual exercises to advocate for natural methods of improving eyesight. His literary style is both accessible and instructive, merging personal narratives with scientific explanations to engage a diverse audience. The book is positioned within the bro...

In "Perfect Sight Without Glasses," William Horatio Bates presents a revolutionary approach to vision care, challenging the conventional reliance on corrective lenses. Bates advocates for a method rooted in the belief that many vision problems stem from misuse of the eyes and mental strain rather than physical maladies. His writing is characterized by a pragmatic and accessible style, making complex ideas about vision easily digestible for lay readers. Contextually, Bates' work emerges in ...

Perfect Sight Without Glasses is William Horatio Bates's early twentieth-century exposition of the theory that many defects of vision arise not from fixed organic conditions but from strain, habit, and misuse of the eyes. Written in a confident, case-based, reformist prose typical of Progressive Era health manuals, the book blends anecdote, clinical observation, and prescriptive exercises such as relaxation, "palming," and shifting. Its literary context is the era's flourishing culture of ...

William Horatio Bates (1860-1931) first published his treatise, The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses, also known as Perfect Sight Without Glasses, in 1920.In 1943, Dr. Bates's wife Emily Bates had an abridged version of the book published under the title Better Eyesight Without Glasses. That book, omitted many experimental details, most scholarly references, and all photographs.This Original book edition contains a Special Report on the wordwide known Me...

This Original book edition contains a Special Report on the wordwide known Method of Vision Training (Power Vision System) with physiological explanations and suggestions on how to prevent and reverse nearsightedness in a natural way. Based on the last 50 years of clinical study in the field, not available at Bates early 1900.William Horatio Bates (1860-1931) first published his treatise, The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses (title page), also known as Perfect S...