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religious persecution and confiscation. He speaks in a 

 very low, gentle voice, is tall and awkward, but has a 

 very kind face, and pleases me greatly. During my stay 

 in London I did some work in the British Museum on 

 subjects which interested me, and at a visit to Maskelyne 

 and Cooke s great temple of jugglery in Piccadilly saw 

 a display which set me thinking. Few miracle-mongers 

 have ever performed any feats so wonderful as those 

 there accomplished; the men and women who take such 

 pleasure in attributing spiritual and supernatural origin 

 to the cheap jugglery of &quot;mediums&quot; should see this 

 performance. 



