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acquaintance with what goes on in my " Unbe- 

 wusstsein ''). I may be permitted to observe that 

 the first proposition appears to me to be not true; 

 that the second is in the same case; and that, 

 if there be gradations in untrueness, the third is 

 so monstrously untrue that it hovers on the verge 

 of absurdity, even if it does not actually flounder 

 in that logical limbo. Thus, to all three theses, 

 I reply in appropriate fashion, Nego — I say No; 

 and I proceed to state the grounds of that nega- 

 tion, which the proprieties do not permit me to 

 make quite so emphatic as I could desire. 



Let me begin with the first assertion, that I 

 " put aside, as unverifiable, everything which the 

 senses cannot verify." Can such a statement as 

 this be seriously made in respect of any human 

 being? But I am not appointed apologist for 

 mankind in general; and confining my observa- 

 tions to myself, I beg leave to point out that, at 

 this present moment, I entertain an unshakable 

 conviction that Mr. Lilly is the victim of a patent 

 and enormous misunderstanding, and that I have 

 not the slightest intention of putting that con- 

 viction aside because I cannot " verify " it either 

 by touch, or taste, or smell, or hearing, or sight, 

 which (in the absence of any trace of telepathic 

 faculty) make up the totality of my senses. 



Again, I may venture to admire the clear and 

 vigorous English in which Mr. Lilly embodies his 

 views; but the source of that admiration does not 



