THE LIGHT IV A DARK CELL 



analyzed or explained, any more than a r raver. 

 but to be accepted and obeyed. Such a spirit as 

 mine would never have conquered the earth. I 

 acknowledge it. Trie on.v zuestion is, cou d 

 such a spirit understand tr.e eartr.. and w-_ . i the 

 wor .d say anvthing confidential to it : I was 

 under constitutional bonds not to interfere, but to 

 listen. I was looking tor nepenthe. Something 

 said to me it is not a clnig, but an adjustment. 

 Perhaps it was the D;;t:r. I v.a.s n:t tj dist 

 anvthins in the laboratory. 



I dare sav I astonished mv nev.- envir .nment 

 both of animate am inanimate natu-e. 

 it v/as n t accust med t: -: : rit as mint. 



Now that I look back at the experiment. I can 

 fancy Nature saying, ;: Whs: have we here? Is 

 this our lord and master, or has an invalid Francis 

 of Assisi come out of Wail Street: d:es not want 

 : :ur birds in - : . her 



barium to corroborate his own theories ; does not 

 ; . :. -.-: :ut an v thing ~- :\ - ..-.- g ur : 

 can he be enr.re y numan : Perhaps, when he 

 lies, ir&quot; h e e ve r s ;. : u i d . h e v .- . - - .- - re: - 

 .;,. am v. : . .-.-t us get at r.: .: m bv 

 atom, and ..:t mm benicnly a]on in our proces- 

 si : n. Trrat him gentiv, O winds, and enter softiv 

 into him, O sunshine, and all you myriad messen 

 gers or trie air. breatr.e vour inarricu.ate secrets to 



siirred by. And \vhat % 



