Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-22
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Second Volume Of the Magnet.

1t is, now, time for US TO think of the
proprlety of continuing this work through
another Volume. Within the last two
months, our prospects have frightened so
much, that we begin to entertain hopes of
sufficient patronage, to authorize the CON.
mencement of second volume. and GER
tain we are, that the disappointment of
many will be great, if we should not find
it possible to do so. :.....
In the publication of twelve numbers of
the Magnet, we shall have merely made
a beginning, without having had any adj
equate means for giving that amount of
information upon the interesting topics in
cluded within The range of Human Phvsi.
oIogy, which their vast importance de-
mands. Indeed, we just begin to see and
feel the claims which these subjects have
upon all classes Of the community. For,
where shall we find one, who is not anx-
ious to know all that can be known of
that WONDERFUL AGENCY, by which such
surprising results have been produced, in
| illustration ofthe true SCIENCE OF MIND,
and the relief OF human suffering2 Some
OF the first in elects in the world, are now
engaged in the investigation of this much
abused, long neglected subject; and light
enough has alread been shed upon il to
convince the most sceptical, that it claims
! to an honest, candid examination, cannot
be consistently neglected or set aside. The
field which it opens before US is rich and
Inviting. ~. -"-.s. 49, .:....
Amongst most intelligent philosophers
Of the age, how little is known of those
laws which produce and govern the states
of The mind called Sleep, Dreaming. Mon
Omanaa, Insanity, Madness, and the vari-
Gus difficulties which interrupt the healthy
functions of the nervous system? What
is the real nature of Somnipathy. or sleep
induced bv sympathy What is Clair
royauce' BY what laws is it produced
And, what are the disturbing causes which
] prevent us from producing the same phe-
nomena in almost every two cases ever
known! What is that law, by which we
find that we can cause persons ola certain
Temperament to obey our qoiLl, awake or
asIeep2 Nay, we have known some, in
whom we can produce what is called the
cIairUoyaat state, while they are perfectly
awake How does it come TO pass, that
we can, by mere touch of the hand,
cause any imaginable state Of feeling to
arise, in the mind Of our subject2 What
is the influence by which these results are
produced, and what is it that directs it, in
any given case, to one part of the system,
rather than TO another -.-...:..- .~..
1t seems to be generally conceded, that
if much more is to be learned of the laaos
Of mind, the Magnet has stuck upon the
best method for finding tout. The FACTS
we have laid before the public, have been
ID with the gre test avijity, we know;
and we have the facilities for SELECTING,
still, a vast amount in addefon. with
which to enrich The pages Of the Magnet,
should our patronage be sufficient to war;
rant the underta' ing. III
Sha We continue 'he Magnet beyond
the present voIrae2 What say our pres
ent sabscril RS? Will each of you for
wacd the pay, u adVance,.for another VOL
ume? Nn9t saw those editors who so
readily published the prospectus Of the
present volJne, and who have 50 kindly
cheered us on from month to month, while
struggling with the want Of an adequate
SUPPORT, IN the prosecution Of our Iabours ?
We shalt wait your responses; and 10 the
course of next, or the succeeding number,
f we hope to be abIeto announce The result.