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{{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued|(New)-York against Lankester|1-180}}

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the past serves neither as an example nor a warning. The overturning of a thousand cherished theories finds our modern philosopher as unprepared for each new scientific revelation as though his predecessors had been infallible from time immemorial.

{{Style P-No indent|the past serves neither as an example nor a warning. The overturning of a thousand cherished theories finds our modern philosopher as unprepared for each new scientific revelation as though his predecessors had been infallible from time immemorial.}}

The protoplasmist should at least, in modesty, remember that his past is one vast cemetery of dead theories; a desolate Potter’s Field wherein exploded hypotheses lie in ignoble oblivion like so many executed malefactors, whose names cannot be pronounced by the next of kin without a blush.

The protoplasmist should at least, in modesty, remember that his past is one vast cemetery of dead theories; a desolate Potter’s Field wherein exploded hypotheses lie in ignoble oblivion like so many executed malefactors, whose names cannot be pronounced by the next of kin without a blush.

{{Style P-Signature in capitals|H. P. Blavatsky,}}

{{Style P-Signature in capitals|H. P. Blavatsky,}}

{{Style P-Align right|''Corresponding Secretary of the Theosophical Society.''}}

{{Style P-Align right|''Corresponding Secretary of the Theosophical Society.''}}

{{Style P-Align right|''New York, Oct. 8th,'' 1876.}}

{{Style P-Align right|''New York, Oct. 8th,'' 1876.}}

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