Observations sur le magnétisme animal

Observations

It was this latter course, but without having listened, that the Corps littéraires learned or scientific societies to which Mr. Mesmer had addressed himself decided upon. The only one that did not show its contempt by silence only replied to him to assure him, in other terms, that he did not know what he was saying. Also, as soon as I was sufficiently informed of the facts, this decision appeared to me at least hurried; and I allowed myself to state that just as the Public was doing what it should, the Savans Scholars or Scientists were doing what they should not.

I was not, moreover, startled to see Mr. Mesmer in a foreign land. I esteemed him neither more nor less for it. No prophet is accepted in his own country original: "Nul Prophète en son pays", say the people: No discovery of genius exists without persecution, say the Scholars. Either these axioms mean nothing, or else one must conclude from them that, assuming Mr. Mesmer’s discovery is truly useful,