text:  Yet with this fact before them supposing the facts of mesmerism of the mind's separation from and independence of its organic frame is it not extraordinary that so many of this new school are or profess themselves by their writings materialists? I would however use the argument of mesmerism thus:--Mesmerism if true confirms the ghost and vision power though I cannot admit that dreams ghosts and visions are any confirmation of mesmerism; for if mesmerism be a delusion and cheat it may have arisen from speculating upon the other known power--as true miracles have been known to give rise to false