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April 18, 1850
The Texas Republican
Marshall, Harrison County, Texas
What is this article about?
Account of attending Dr. G. R. Williams's lecture on human magnetism and neurology, praising the demonstrated experiments as wondrous proofs of the science and arguing against skepticism.
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For the Republican.
On Thursday night last we attended the lecture of Dr. G. R. Williams, for the purpose of witnessing some of the wonders of human magnetism and neurology. That Dr. W. demonstrated the truth of the science he professes to delineate no one, I presume, who attended his lecture with the design of forming an opinion from the evidences presented, will deny.
Though I regard the science of human magnetism and neurology as one of the most wonderful discoveries of this age, I should consider skepticism in it, after observing these experiments, as even a greater wonder yet. Its theory as yet is but little understood, though that is no reason we should deny facts. That there may, however, be error in some of its deductions, or even occasional failures in the experiments, is no proof of its being false, since the former is incidental to a new science yet in its infancy, and the latter can be most readily explained on account of the difference in the temperaments. The experiments of Dr. Williams are truly wonderful; they exhibit some of the strangest and most mysterious laws of nature that ever come within the reach of human observation.
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On Thursday night last we attended the lecture of Dr. G. R. Williams, for the purpose of witnessing some of the wonders of human magnetism and neurology. That Dr. W. demonstrated the truth of the science he professes to delineate no one, I presume, who attended his lecture with the design of forming an opinion from the evidences presented, will deny.
Though I regard the science of human magnetism and neurology as one of the most wonderful discoveries of this age, I should consider skepticism in it, after observing these experiments, as even a greater wonder yet. Its theory as yet is but little understood, though that is no reason we should deny facts. That there may, however, be error in some of its deductions, or even occasional failures in the experiments, is no proof of its being false, since the former is incidental to a new science yet in its infancy, and the latter can be most readily explained on account of the difference in the temperaments. The experiments of Dr. Williams are truly wonderful; they exhibit some of the strangest and most mysterious laws of nature that ever come within the reach of human observation.
S.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Human Magnetism
Neurology
Lecture
Experiments
Skepticism
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. G. R. Williams
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Key Persons
Dr. G. R. Williams
Event Date
On Thursday Night Last
Story Details
Attendance at Dr. G. R. Williams's lecture demonstrating wonders of human magnetism and neurology through experiments, defending the science against skepticism despite its novelty and occasional failures.