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104 HYPNOTISM.against the use of chloroform, as criminal reportsand records show that ithas, and can beused for criminal assault. And in the face ofthis fact it must be acknowledged that there isless danger of criminal assault by the use of Hypnotism,than there is from drugs, because it isnot everybody that is so susceptible to Hypnoticinfluence as to become anaesthetic, while everybodybecomes anaesthetic and amnesic underthe influence of drugs.It is not to be supposed that well-meaning peoplewill object to a spread of the knowledge ofHypnotism because of this contention.Tt is my opinion, and also my experience, thatthe power in every human being for good is morepotent than that for evil, and that it would bevery much harder to make the good man dowrong than influence the bad man for good.From my observation and experience Ithinkit safe to state that the possibilities of Hypnotismbeing used forremote.criminal purposes are veryFor, supposing that a Hypnotist did get ab-,solute control over a subject and rendered himso sensitive to his suggestions that he could inducehim to commit thefts and other crimes, andat the same time be unconscious of the promptingsor influence which had impelled him to com-