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{{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued |A Voice from Laodicea|10-342}} | {{Style P-HPB SB. Title continued |A Voice from Laodicea|10-342}} | ||
... | There was a law in some old Greek State, that the citizen who moved the repeal of an old measure, or the adoption of a new one, should move it with a rope round his neck. It was a salutary law, and doubtless, whilst it quenched much short-lived revolutionary ardour, and cooled the hot blood of youth, and the intemperate zeal of the fanatic, it would be in the path of the true reformer, the man of strong purpose and far forethought, but as a feather to be blown aside. And that law in spirit has never been repealed. Before she can gain a hearing, Spiritualism must prove herself worthy to be heard, else the rope is round her neck, and her shrift will be a short one. But if she be very sure of the message that she bears, let her take heart. For opposition can only define, ridicule can only strengthen, and scepticism purify what is true; whilst they annihilate falsehood. It is good that each new doctrine should have its spurs to win. The young knight’s hand will be the stronger for the blows that he gives; his armour the brighter for the blows that he receives. “Merses profundo pulchrior evenit.” Truth will rise the fairer from the waters that overwhelm her. | ||
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{{Style S-Small capitals|Mr. Atkinson’s}} letter is interesting; but I must question whether it has any bearing on the case described by me. I was not ignorant of the fact that local insensibility or relief can be induced by mesmerism, without loss of consciousness. But anæsthetics act directly on the brain, occasioning complete loss of (apparent) consciousness. Doubtless a particular nerve may be influenced without acting on the brain generally. But that is not the case with anaesthetics. Local insensibility, when these are used, is only the result of a general loss of consciousness; and the problem for which I sought a solution was how, when the brain had been paralysed by ether, any impression whatever could have been conveyed to the mind from without. My friend must have somehow or other known what was said, for on awaking he answered relevantly. It seemed, and still seems to me impossible that his brain should have been the medium of communication. I suggested one more subtle, yet not so subtle as to elude the vibrations by which sound is produced in a sentient being. It is a mere conjecture, and may well be a worthless one; but unless Mr. Atkinson tells me that ether or chloroform can be applied, like mesmerism, to produce partial insensibility only, I cannot think that his experience, and the facts he mentions, interesting and important as they are, have any application to the case. | |||
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