MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner. (Ambrose Bierce)

MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.

Ambrose Bierce

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