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{{Style P-Signature in capitals|M. A. (Oxon.)}}
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''Self-Deception.'' — Mediums are victims of hysteria, fond of unhealthy notoriety, shamming to gain attention. Well, and what of the people who attest to the phenomena? Are they hysterical, too? Do men watch the evolution of these phenomena day by day for years, and that not in open circles, where inducements for deception may be presumed to exist, but in the seclusion of their own families, and then maintain silence about them in public, lest they should be annoyed by gossip and idle questions — and this for the sake of notoriety? Was there ever such a “dried pean” as this? If Dr. Carpenter knew as much as he would have us to believe he does of Spiritualism, he would know that there are hundreds of private circles where all these phenomena which he disputes are daily occurring; and he will not persuade the members of them that they are all self-deceived. They will tell him that “the boot is on the other leg.” {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|3-5}}
''Self-Deception.'' — Mediums are victims of hysteria, fond of unhealthy notoriety, shamming to gain attention. Well, and what of the people who attest to the phenomena? Are they hysterical, too? Do men watch the evolution of these phenomena day by day for years, and that not in open circles, where inducements for deception may be presumed to exist, but in the seclusion of their own families, and then maintain silence about them in public, lest they should be annoyed by gossip and idle questions — and this for the sake of notoriety? Was there ever such a “dried pean” as this? If Dr. Carpenter knew as much as he would have us to believe he does of Spiritualism, he would know that there are hundreds of private circles where all these phenomena which he disputes are daily occurring; and he will not persuade the members of them that they are all self-deceived. They will tell him that “the boot is on the other leg.” {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|3-5}}
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