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of what has been termed “ subjectivity” is very great. It lies 
beyond our province, however, to enter into any detail on this 
point, but we would refer our readers to the article already 
alluded to in the last number of the “ Quarterly Review.” They 
will there find this question discussed from the standpoint of 
Physiology, and will read the arguments which tend to show 
that so many of the phenomena of Spiritualism, Mesmerism, 
Psychic Force, &c., are in reality subjective and not objective. 
We have only taken up and critically considered certain ex- 
periments which had been brought forward as conclusive and in 
which much confidence had been placed. If by our criticism 
we have succeeded in showing how far removed they really are 
from being conclusive, and how carelessly they were performed, 
our task will not have been in vain. It seems very strange 
that at the present time, when it is possible to ascertain so 
easily what true physical research really means, that anyone 
could be found to place implicit confidence in experiments 
such as we have criticised. But when this is found to be the 
case it behoves those who have had the benefit of experience 
to show the fallacies which underlie such like experiments, 
and to expose their inaccuracies. Fault-finding is never a 
congenial occupation, but when necessary it should be pursued 
with an unsparing and unshrinking hand. 
