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... Mediums ' may be able to do , you can transfer ' High Spirits to your readers ; one of whom does not hope to convert you , and will be fortunate enough if , by this work , he can occasionally bring a smile to the lips of his favourite ...
... Mediums ' may be able to do , you can transfer ' High Spirits to your readers ; one of whom does not hope to convert you , and will be fortunate enough if , by this work , he can occasionally bring a smile to the lips of his favourite ...
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... medium's confession of imposture , whatever it may be worth . In brief , the themes are not treated with scientific fairness as a general rule . Arguments are advanced and accepted on both sides which would scarcely be looked at in any ...
... medium's confession of imposture , whatever it may be worth . In brief , the themes are not treated with scientific fairness as a general rule . Arguments are advanced and accepted on both sides which would scarcely be looked at in any ...
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... mediums . This is a conceivable and even probable theory . The writer , however , cannot say that he holds it with exclusive and perfect conviction . He does not feel perfectly assured that Lord Craw- ford , Sir David Brewster , Mr ...
... mediums . This is a conceivable and even probable theory . The writer , however , cannot say that he holds it with exclusive and perfect conviction . He does not feel perfectly assured that Lord Craw- ford , Sir David Brewster , Mr ...
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... mediums , ' as that , at all events , is a vera causa , the theory of Survival and Revival seems adequate . Yet there are two circumstances which suggest that all is not such plain sailing . The first is the constantly alleged ...
... mediums , ' as that , at all events , is a vera causa , the theory of Survival and Revival seems adequate . Yet there are two circumstances which suggest that all is not such plain sailing . The first is the constantly alleged ...
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... medium ' . This affair demands the close scrutiny of years , and the most patient and per- severing experiment . This sounds very plausible , but the few official men of science , whose names the public has heard , -and it is ...
... medium ' . This affair demands the close scrutiny of years , and the most patient and per- severing experiment . This sounds very plausible , but the few official men of science , whose names the public has heard , -and it is ...
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