616 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Are your powers mortal or divine ? — Divine as far as the truth is con- 

 cerned. 



Are your physical powers great? — Just middling. 



Did you ever hold the sun in your hands ? — I did. 



Did you ever hold the moon in your hands ? — I remember the sun, 

 but am not so certain about the moon. The sun was very hot. 



How hot was it ? — It hurt the leather mits I had on. I think other 

 powers were used on it. 



What kept it hot ? — It was hot weather. 



What caused the trouble you went through? — The Proclamation 

 issued by all Exchequers of all nations and empires. 



How did you suffer? — Abuse of all kinds. My body is marked up. 

 I have the leopard's body right through, and my body is spotted like a 

 dog's. 



What other abuse have you suffered ? — My body has been torn by 

 bears. There were four, brownish-black in colour, two old ones and two 

 young ones. 



What is the difference between right and wrong ? — It is right to love 

 the Almighty, and to serve him with faith, hope, and charity. 



What is wrong ? — To commit anything that the law of God forbids. 



What is conscience? — The dictates of a man's own mind to tell him 

 if he is doing wrong. 



is it wrong to kill? — Yes. 



Is there any justification for murder? — No. 



If an insane man committed murder, what punishment would you 

 inflict, if any ?— I would not hang him, but put him in safe-keeping, that 

 bis neighbours might be safe. 



Is any insane man responsible ? — Never ; neither God nor man 

 can make him responsible. Our Heavenly Father forgiveth, so should 

 we. 



Now, no one can believe from the report of the foregoing 

 interview that the patient was sane ; yet, although an unedu- 

 cated man, he had clear notions of right and wrong, at least 

 equal to and as satisfactory as those that guide the bulk of 

 our citizens. We are surrounded in this century with pro- 

 blems and enigmas, but little is done, I fear, to turn public 

 attention to the necessity of procuring the thoughts of the 

 very best trained and alert experts in order to guide us on 

 this subject. We see people set free from asylums as cured, 

 and allowed to return to their families, or to marry and pro- 

 pagate children of infected and tainted blood. Men commit 

 murders, and the plea of insanity is allowed to protect them 

 from punishment when the question of how far they are 

 responsible even if insane on some point is not inquired into. 

 Men and women who are not in asylums, but who are in 

 reality far less morally responsible for their conduct than 

 many who are in those refuges, are allowed by the present 

 constitution of society to hold positions of honour. Surely it 

 behoves us all to take more notice of this spreading and 

 growing weakness of the human race under civilised condi- 

 tions, and ask ourselves whether we are taking sufficient 

 precautions to prevent the ruin of mankind in the future by 

 our worship of the liberty of the individual — whether that 



