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| <center>''To the Editor of the “Spiritual Magazine.”''</center> | | <center>''To the Editor of the “Spiritual Magazine.”''</center> |
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− | {{Style S-Small capitals|Dear Doctor}},–It is but just now that I have seen in the ''Spiritual Magazine'' (p. 71) a letter from Mr. Home, in which I find the following passage:- | + | {{Style S-Small capitals|Dear Doctor}},–It is but just now that I have seen in the ''Spiritual Magazine'' (p. 71) a letter from Mr. Home, in which I find the following passage:– |
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| “When put to the test, all these rope-tyings are failures. You are aware that my cousin, Mr. Aksakof, has tried it in Russia, and a dead failure has been the result, as I knew it would be.” | | “When put to the test, all these rope-tyings are failures. You are aware that my cousin, Mr. Aksakof, has tried it in Russia, and a dead failure has been the result, as I knew it would be.” |
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| There is here a grave error. Of what does Mr. Home speak? If he speaks of our experience with Bredif, the rope-tyings were put to the test, and it was not a failure (see the article of Professor Boublerof, in the ''Psy. Studien'' of 1875). If he speaks of our ''seances ''with the Pettys at the Committee, it was a failure; but there was no rope-tying, because the Pettys were seated before the screen, and without being in any way secured. | | There is here a grave error. Of what does Mr. Home speak? If he speaks of our experience with Bredif, the rope-tyings were put to the test, and it was not a failure (see the article of Professor Boublerof, in the ''Psy. Studien'' of 1875). If he speaks of our ''seances ''with the Pettys at the Committee, it was a failure; but there was no rope-tying, because the Pettys were seated before the screen, and without being in any way secured. |
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− | There is still another passage in this letter which strikes me : | + | There is still another passage in this letter which strikes me :– |
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| “ A book was published lately in America, and pages were devoted to a person who had power over the spirits ! When one knows what the life of this person has been, it is simply monstrous that such ''assertions ''should be made.” | | “ A book was published lately in America, and pages were devoted to a person who had power over the spirits ! When one knows what the life of this person has been, it is simply monstrous that such ''assertions ''should be made.” |
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| St. Petersburg, Neosky, 6. | | St. Petersburg, Neosky, 6. |
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