Mr. George A. Quimby, son of the late Phineas P. Quimby,— over his own signature, and before a witness,—stated, in 1883, that he had in his possession at that time all the manuscripts written by his father. I hereby declare, to expose the falsehood of parties publicly intimating that I have appropriated matter belonging to the aforesaid Quimby, that I will pay the cost of printing and publishing the first edition of those Manuscripts, with the author's name attached:
Provided,—that I am allowed first to examine said Manuscripts, and that I find they were Mr. P. P. Quimby's own compositions, and not mine, that were left with him many years ago,—or that they have not, since his death, in 1865, been stolen from my published works; and also, that I am given the right to bring out this one edition under copyright of the owner of said Manuscripts, and that all the money accruing from the sale of said book shall be paid to said owner. Some of Mr. Quimby's purported writings, quoted by J. A. Dresser, were my own words, as nearly as I can recollect them.
There is a great demand for my book, Science and Health. Hence Mr. Dresser's excuse for the delay in publishing Quimby's Manuscripts—namely, that this age is not sufficiently enlightened to be benefited by them (?)—is lost; for if I have copied from Quimby, and my book is accepted, this acceptance creates a demand for his writings.
