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twenty years of drowsy incubation, Hahnemann brought forth his Homœopathy. Wholly wrapped up in his own nebulous sphere, he seemed to see, and hear, and know, nothing but this darling idea. Like an enchantress, this greeted his earliest thoughts in the morning, and gilded his latest dreams by night. Absorbed in his own fanciful speculations, he became heedless of all the world beside, and with the ardor of a fanatic strove to gain converts to his new scheme. But year after year passed, whilst he made but little progress. The Germans, although a visionary and enthusiastic people, had nevertheless too much common sense to embrace such glaring absurdities. He met with so little success in his own country, that, after nearly twenty years spent in writing, and teaching, he had made but meagre progress, and found himself surrounded only by a handful of followers.