spiritualism 



is no necessity to beg him as a favour to be the successor 

 of Sidgwick, Crookes and Myers. . . . 



To B.EV. J. B. Henderson 



Parhstone, Dorset. August 10, 1893. 



Dear Sir, — Although I look upon Christianity as 

 originating in an unusual spiritual influx, I am not dis- 

 posed to consider [it] as essentially different from those 

 which originated other great religious and philanthropic 

 movements. It is probable that in yowr^ense of the word 

 I am not a Christian. — Believe me yours very truly, 



Alfred E. Wallace. 



To Mr. J. W. Marshall 



Parkstone, Dorset. March 6, 1894. 



My dear Marshall, — We were very much grieved to hear 

 of your sad loss in a letter from Violet. Pray accept our 

 sincere sympathy for Mrs. Marshall and yourself. 



Death makes us feel, in a way nothing else can do, the 

 mystery of the universe. Last autumn I lost my sister, and 

 she was the only relative I have been with at the last. For 

 the moment it seems unnatural and incredible that the living 

 self with its special idiosyncrasies you have known so long 

 can have left the body, still more unnatural that it should 

 (as so many now believe) have utterly ceased to exist and 

 become nothingness! 



With all my belief in, and knowledge of. Spiritualism, 

 I have, however, occasional qualms of doubt, the remnants 

 of my original deeply ingrained scepticism; but my reason 

 goes to support the psychical and spiritualistic phenomena 

 in telling me that there must be a hereafter for us all. . . . 

 —Believe me yours very sincerely, Alfred E. Wallace. 

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