458 Relations between [August, 
Nevertheless their importance and their number are second 
it is characterised by incongruity with the standpoints of 
at least two species of philosophy, and shortcoming, if not 
useless, from a metaphysical point of view. .... 
Its chief moral characteristic is mendacity, in that it is 
preceded and concluded by an aCtive, as distinCt from, and 
in addition to, a passive — by pious quotations and com- 
ments, in addition to reticence virtually endorsing an 
ascription of orthodoxy to its author hypocrisy. 
II. RELATIONS BETWEEN SPIRITUALISM AND 
SCIENCE : 
MR. A. R. WALLACE AND R. M. N. 
By the Author of “ Scientific Materialism.'’ 
“ Any theory, hypothesis, philosophy, se<5t, creed, or institution 
that fears investigation openly manifests its own error. ’ 
Andrew Jackson Davis’s Motto. 
t N article under this heading appeared in the ‘‘Journal 
of Science ” (July, 1885, p. 400), by R. M. N. From 
many passages I infer that R. M. N. does not, as 
many so-called Scientists do, ignore the authentic faCts of 
so-called “ Spiritualism ” : the conclusions to which they 
lead are serious, not to say momentous. Supposing that 
the Spiritualistic theory be proved, there is this gain, viz., 
that the deviations from known natural laws witnessed by 
many thousands of credible persons result from the actions 
of the spirits of persons once existing in this world of life, 
and a logical answer to that most important question the 
immortality of the soul of man (to use the word soul . in 
its most comprehensive form) is given, and proves it with- 
out the possibility of question. If it be denied that the 
recorded fadts result from the adtions of disembodied spirits, 
then it must follow that, besides the phenomenal aspedts of 
Nature, there is behind and within them an occult power 
