That one starts unusually ornately. But that's such a classic sentence: To crown the whole pleasant catalogue, I was worn to a shadow by a constant diarrhœa, a

That one starts unusually ornately. But that's such a classic sentence: To crown the whole pleasant catalogue, I was worn to a shadow by a constant diarrhœa, and consumed as much opium as would have done credit to my father-in-law. Not bad for the 1907 Philosophical Review. My favourites are On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings (which led me to Stevenson, who's an even greater essayist) and its sequel What Makes a Life Significant?, but there are many great ones. The Ph D Octopus, The Moral Equivalent of War, etc etc or the very funny one On Some Hegelisms about when on nitrous oxide he recognized it as the key to Hegel's thought. And his book on religious experience, textbook on the principles of psychology, and other books are still well worth reading and very enjoyable reads.