154 BAILLY. 



When we call to mind in what immense proportion 

 electric or magnetic actions increase by motion, we sha 1 ! 

 be less inclined to deride the rapid actions of magmt- 

 izers. 



In here recording these developed reflections, I wetted 

 to show that somnambulism must not be rejected a fiori, 

 especially by those who have kept well up with the f ecent 

 progress of the physical sciences. I have indicate- some 

 facts, some resemblances, by which magnetizers nght de- 

 fend themselves against those who would thinHt super- 

 fluous to attempt new experiments, or even t se e them 

 performed. For my part, I hesitate not to .'--knowledge 

 it, although, notwithstanding the possibilitie, tna t I have 

 pointed out, I do not admit the reality of ' e readings, 

 neither through a wall, nor through any ner opaque 

 body, nor by the mere intromission of the 3 ^ ^? or the 

 occiput, still, I should not fulfil the dut 5 of an acad- 

 emician if I refused to attend the meetK 8 where such 

 phenomena were promised me, provideJ ne 7 granted 

 me sufficient influence as regards the pi'' 8 ? for me to 

 feel assured that I was not become the vi m f mere 

 jugglery. 



Nor did Franklin, Lavoisier, or Bailly b ev in Mes- 

 meric magnetism before they became m> oers of the 

 Government Commission, and yet we 1 7 have re- 

 marked with what minute and scrupu 8 care they 

 varied the experiments. True philoso^ 1 " 8 ought to 

 have constantly before their eyes those^ beautiful 

 lines : 



" To suppose that every thing has been discovered jprofound error: 

 It is mistaking the horizon for the limits of the w" 



* " Croire tout d^couvert est un erreur pro' e: 



C'est prendre I'liorizon pour les bornes lBonde -" 



