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[Paulo <bic...@fi...>]

Re possessed, like those of clairvoyants, would have a physical cause.
Whatever be their origin, there is an essence, a secret and universal
agent. If we could take possession of it, there would be no need of
force, of duration. That which requires ages would develop in a minute;
every miracle would be practicable, and the universe would be at our
disposal. Magic springs from this eternal yearning of the human mind.
Its value has no doubt been exaggerated, but it is not a falsehood. Some
Orientals who are skilled in it perform prodigies. All travellers have
vouched for its existence, and at the Palais Royal M. Dupotet moves with
his finger the magnetic needle. How to become magicians? This idea
appeared to them foolish at first, but it returned, tormented them, and
they yielded to it, even while af