Felix was so crazed by sin as to be incapable of judging of Paul’s
sanity. Here is an analogy from nature:
The abominable Mexican plant known as the loco-weed has the
peculiar property of making irrational both men and beasts who
partake of it. Horses and cattle out on the prairies after
grazing upon it go crazy, and a “locoed” pony will perform all
kinds of queer antics. It is said that if a man comes under
its spell he never regains his senses, the insanity produced
by it being incurable. It is said that the loss of mind of the
illfated Carlotta was no doubt due to the fact that some enemy
drugged her with a preparation of loco, altho history has it
that she went insane by reason of her husband’s execution.
(1629)
See CONCERT, LACK OF.