On Hallucinations - A History and Explanation of Apparitions, Visions, Dreams, Ecstasy, Magnetism, and Somnambulism #266752

At first, it seems astonishing that such opinions should have obtained so much influence, and one is tempted to ask, if man is a compound of errors, or the sport of illusions; but a deeper investigation of the question will convince us that these opinions are only deviations from the religious sentiment.