Continuity 101 



the Psychic region can be studied and 

 brought under law too. Allow us anyhow 

 to make the attempt. Give us a fair 

 field. Let those who prefer the material- 

 istic hypothesis by all means develop 

 their thesis as far as they can; but let us 

 try what we can do in the Psychical 

 region, and see which wins. Our meth- 

 ods are really the same as theirs the 

 subject-matter differs. Neither should 

 abuse the other for making the attempt. 

 Whether such things as intuition and 

 revelation ever occur is an open ques- 

 tion. There are some who have reason to 

 say that they do. They are at any rate 

 not to be denied offhand. In fact, it is 

 always extremely difficult to deny any- 

 thing of a general character, since evi- 

 dence in its favour may be only hidden 

 and not forthcoming, especially not forth- 

 coming at any particular age of the 

 world's history, or at any particular stage 

 of individual mental development. Mys- 

 ticism must have its place, though its re- 

 lation to Science has so far not been found. 

 They have appeared disparate and discon- 



