1361. On this account, they have bothered me for a long time, in fact, for weeks, for even over a month, and have brought on that kind of hazardous impulse to put my tongue between my teeth, and then bite it off. I have complained about this for a long time, finding it unbelievable that any person should be troubled by such an impulsive urge. I do know where it comes from, for the cause of it is that they are all spirits who hate truths. They love only the literal meaning, then trust in their own merits and maintain that they deserve heaven on account of a little persecution, besides many other causes. 1748, 14 March.