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27	    What should one conclude as to Professor Carpenter's
  	exhibitions of mesmerism? 

  	    That largely depends upon what one accepts as either
30	useful or true. I have no knowledge of mesmerism,
 
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 1	practically or theoretically, save as I measure its demon-
  	strations as a false belief, and avoid all that works ill. If
 3	mesmerism has the power attributed to it by the gentle-
  	man referred to, it should neither be taught nor practised,
  	but should be conscientiously condemned. One thing
 6	is quite apparent; namely, that its so-called power is
  	despotic, and Mr. Carpenter deserves praise for his public
  	exposure of it. If such be its power, I am opposed to it,
 9	as to every form of error, — whether of ignorance or
  	fanaticism, prompted by money-making or malice. It
  	is enough for me to know that animal magnetism is neither
12	of God nor Science. 
  	    It is alleged that at one of his recent lectures in Bos-
  	ton Mr. Carpenter made a man drunk on water, and
15	then informed his audience that he could produce the
  	effect of alcohol, or of any drug, on the human system,
  	through the action of mind alone. This honest declara-
18	tion as to the animus of animal magnetism and the pos-
  	sible purpose to which it can be devoted, has, we trust,
  	been made in season to open the eyes of the people to the
21	hidden nature of some tragic events and sudden deat...hs
  	at this period. 
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