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suflBces to satisfy us that any one who 

 was really in possession of an addition- 

 al sense could not fail to be believed in, 

 seeing that he could at any moment 

 prove his possession of that sense by ex- 

 ercising it, and prove it to the utter 

 confusion of those who denied his spe- 

 cial powers. The Dalai may have sur- 

 prised his visitor by his knowledge of 

 various sciences ; but whence has come 

 the scientific knowledge which the 

 world to-day possesses save from the 

 untiring labors of men possessing sim- 

 ply the ordinary equipment of senses 

 and faculties? But what is the use of 

 arguing with those who wish to be de- 

 ceived? For such the worn-out soph- 

 istries of a mystery-monger will carry 

 more weight than all the lessons of 

 human experience, and a few oracular- 

 ly delivered commonplaces assume the 

 guise of a more than earthly wisdom. 

 But common sense and our common 

 senses win in the long run. 



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Schools and Masters op Sculpture. By A. 

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Considering the scope of this volume, we 

 may well believe the opening statement of 

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