when he reached these conclusions , he decided that in his own case there could not be such a morbid reaction , that his reason and will would remain unimpaired at the time of carrying out his design , for the simple reason that his design was `` not a crime ... . '' we will omit all the process by means of which he arrived at this last conclusion ; we have run too far ahead already ... . we may add only that the practical , purely material difficulties of the affair occupied a secondary position in his mind .