Dead or alive I will never forgive Col. Olcott for having thrust<ref>{{HPB-CW-comment|[Madame Blavatsky’s bitter mention of Col. Olcott’s part in this tragi-comic investigation probably refers to his naive ambition to convert the skeptics of the Society for Psychical Research to a favorable viewpoint by his inadequate personal efforts (see A. P. Sinnett, Early Days of Theosophy in Europe, pp. 56, 59) and his careless offer of official assistance without proper safeguards against their hostile investigations (see Old Diary Leaves, III, p. 100).—Compiler.]}}</ref> himself & our phenomena upon the attention of the gentlemen Scientists of the P. R. S. | Dead or alive I will never forgive Col. Olcott for having thrust<ref>{{HPB-CW-comment|[Madame Blavatsky’s bitter mention of Col. Olcott’s part in this tragi-comic investigation probably refers to his naive ambition to convert the skeptics of the Society for Psychical Research to a favorable viewpoint by his inadequate personal efforts (see A. P. Sinnett, Early Days of Theosophy in Europe, pp. 56, 59) and his careless offer of official assistance without proper safeguards against their hostile investigations (see Old Diary Leaves, III, p. 100).—Compiler.]}}</ref> himself & our phenomena upon the attention of the gentlemen Scientists of the P. R. S. |