but because he mastered it; and what positivism came to consider as objectivity was nothing but the converse, the effects of thisdomination: It should be the great object of the superintendent to gain the confidence of the patient, and to awaken in him respect and obedience; but it will readily be seen, that such confidence, obedience and respect can only be procured by superiority of talents, discipline of temper, and dignity of manners.