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as usual at eight o'clock this evening, and at nine o'clock all this knowledged goes away, he is no better off. He is worse off in one respect, that his will has become the instrument of some other person, But there are other ways in which we may look at hypnotism; there are other standpoints from which hypnotism is to be judged. When the will is concerned, there may be some cases in which it may do some good; it may be used for the purpose of surgical operations or in soothing pain. In such cases, it may be successful, but there is even here some objection. Suppose that the person has given up his will; there may be certain circumstances in which it would be better that he should give up his will; if he can be cured of some disease by the employ ment of this power. then we may do so; but every one must be judge in the light of his Own circumstances. The greatest danger in this connection, in any mode or process by which the patient becomes amenable to the power of another person, is that this power may be used for evil purposes. Cases are on record in which crimes have been committed in the hyphotic state, but it is also said, that a person will not go to the extent of committing a crime, if he would not do this in his ordinary state. If a person if full of love, that person will not commit a murder even under the influence of hypnotic suggestion. But do hypnotists people full of universal love ? of that nature,
try experiments But even if those persons are
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