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results and to abstain with this object from any intentional 

 thought. But these are the very conditions which 

 " mediums " impose on investigators, and if these con- 

 ditions are not observed, mediumistic seances seem only 

 to be successful with difficulty. Therefore, in trying to 

 resist the danger of telepathic falsification, and without 

 indeed being aware of the resulting consequences, Lola's 

 mistress may have contributed to create the very con- 

 ditions most favourable to the development of mediumistic 

 action. 



