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| {{Style P-Signature|HENRY S. OLCOTT. | | {{Style P-Signature|HENRY S. OLCOTT. |
| HELENA P. BLAVATSKY.}} | | HELENA P. BLAVATSKY.}} |
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| + | {{HPB-CW-comment|[In H.P.B.’s Scrapbook, Vol. I, p. 58, may be found at the bottom of the page the following important note written by H.P.B. in pen and ink:]}} |
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| + | Orders received from India direct to establish a philosophico-religious Society and choose a name for it—also to choose Olcott. July 1875. |
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| + | {{HPB-CW-comment|[In H.P.B.’s Scrapbook, Vol. I, p. 39, several cuttings are pasted consisting of articles by Col. H. S. Olcott written for the Spiritual Scientist about July 15, 1875. One of these, entitled “Mutterings of a Storm,” deals with the crisis of Spiritualism, and Col. Olcott ends it with the following remarks concerning the Journal: |
| + | “Already some of the best and brightest minds among our psychologists have come to our assistance, and no paper in the world has a more talented corps of contributors. Already friends gather around us, send us money, exert themselves, without our solicitation, to get subscribers, and our young enterprise stands upon ‘rock bottom’.”]}} |
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| + | {{HPB-CW-comment|[Along the side of this article, H.P.B. wrote in pen and ink:]}} |
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| + | The Editor and Medium Gerry Brown has thanked us for our help. Between Col. Olcott & myself, H.P.B., we have spent over a 1000 dollars given him to pay his debts & support his paper. Six months later he became our mortal enemy, because only we declared our unbelief in Spirits. Oh grateful mankind . . |
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