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received it by post in the envelope which reached here on January 12th by post. If the matter depended on Mr. Eglinton only it would be a different thing, motives for fraud may exist in his case, but no one can suppose that Mr. Meugens and the gentleman whose letter was brought have anything to gain by lending themselves to such. Besides, the letter speaking of the darkness and coldness of January 15th bears in this case internal evidence of the truthfulness which can be verified; fogs in January are not so common as to make a hit probable. Then the sceptic must bear in mind that there are numbers of such transmissions of letters and other things, certified to by Spiritualists. And we have the letter just received from Mr. Eglinton, in this case there must be 10 confederates brought in, not counting Col. Gordon and myself. There is an absurdity in supposing that persons of ordinary honesty and sense, would take the trouble to contrive, even if it were possible, such an elaborate fraud. Even the worst people have some motive underlying their nefarious actions, what motive can any connected with this last phenomenon have in perpetrating such a fraud? And the only reason which exists for suspecting false play is, because such facts are too wonderful to be believed. This may not be the fault of the facts.
<Untitled> (Lecturing at Calcutta...)
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<Untitled> (Col. Olcott, the Theosophist,..)
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Grand Lamas
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<Untitled> (The Rev. Joseph Cook...)
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Spiritualism Abroad
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Esoteric Theosophy
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Editor's notes
- ↑ Lecturing at Calcutta... by unknown author, Times of India, The, Monday, April 10, 1882
- ↑ Col. Olcott, the Theosophist,.. by unknown author, Bombay Gazette, The, Monday, April 10, 1882
- ↑ Grand Lamas by unknown author (signed as H.N.R.), Bombay Gazette, The, Monday, April 10, 1882
- ↑ The Rev. Joseph Cook... by unknown author, Ceylon Observer, The, Wensday, March 29, 1882
- ↑ Spiritualism Abroad by unknown author, Banner of Light, Boston, Saturday,March 25, 1882
- ↑ Esoteric Theosophy by unknown author