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144 HYPNOTISM.pie, ana caused them to hesitate before they condemnedthis manner of healing the sick as ahumbug.There are a great many people who have considerabledoubt as to the existence of any suchthing as magnetic forces or personal magnetism,or that when the hands of a healthy person areplaced upon the body of a sick person that therecan be transmitted any influence or power whichheals disease or removes pain.When persons say that they do not believein this, or that, or that they do not believe certainthings can be done, it should make little differenceto the man who has as much right to investigatethese things for himself as others have toexpress an opinion.No person's view, or opinion should be acceptedfor more than it is worth. Opinions orviews are valued as is everything else, accordingto their composition, or the material from whichthey are molded or made. The person who hashad an opportunity to observe and make scientificinvestigations upon some certain subject,certainly has an opinion more valuable than onewho has formed individual ideas in an egotisticaland ignorant manner, and composed of limitedviews and observation. Every man, before heaccepts an opinion or view manufactured by an-