Sucharethemiserableshiftstowhicherrorreducesitsvotaries！
WhileDupotetthusconvenientlyforbearstodwellupontheunfavourabledecisionofthecommitteeof1837，letushearhowhedilatesuponthefavourablereportofthepreviouscommitteeof1835，andhowhepraisesthejudgmentandtheimpartialityofitsmembers。
“TheAcademieRoyaledeMedicine，“sayshe，“putuponrecordclearandauthenticatedevidenceinfavourofAnimalMagnetism。TheComissionersdetailedcircumstantiallythefactswhichtheywitnessed，andthemethodstheyadoptedtodetecteverypossiblesourceofdeception。
ManyoftheCommissioners，whentheyenteredontheinvestigation，werenotonlyunfavourabletomagnetism，butavowedlyunbelievers；sothattheirevidenceinanycourtofjusticewouldbeesteemedthemostunexceptionablethatcouldpossiblybedesired。Theywereinquiringtoo，notintoanyspeculativeorocculttheory，uponwhichtheremightbeachanceoftheirbeingledawaybysophisticalrepresentations，buttheywereinquiringintotheexistenceoffactsonly——plaindemonstrablefacts，whichwereintheirownnaturepalpabletoeveryobserver。“[“IntroductiontotheStudyofAnimalMagnetism，“p。27。]
M。DupotetmightnotunreasonablybeaskedwhethertheverysameargumentsoughtnottobeappliedtotheunfavourablereportdrawnupbytheableM。Duboisd’Amiensandhiscoadjutorsinthelastinquiry。