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!? f a !J ount . to s P ir jt«al interposition. This would show 
1 k 1S i aworld ’ beyond the world in which we live 
those law? b f in F Cap t Me 0f sus P end ing and counteracting 
X if f WS f ^ hlch we know as the laws of Nature. The 
t’Mnlff t6d ^ hSy A are by milIions > cannot be ignored by 
n rod It? 1 n f -T d ‘ A maSS ° f evidence is capable of being 
Lv d fn!t ft 1S m ° St overwhel ming, and if adduced in 
maL verdfe a Iffi“ a q ti™! 10ns ° f P ‘° Perty ° r life > WOuld 
R. M. N. says “ Unwelcome as these fadts may be to 
ZTJ t° f , US ’ se F° US aS ar ®. the conclusions to which they 
seem to lead, there is nothing to be gained, and possibly 
theie may be much to be lost, by persisting in an attitude 
of blank sweeping denial.” This, it must be admitted, is a 
an statement, and it is much to be regretted that the pro- 
minent men of Science, who assume to lead public opinion, 
bave fairl y met the fadts presented to their considera- 
. i he 1 tre ^ tment 1 experienced by Dr. Slade, at the hands 
ot Di. Dankester and his coadjutor, was a gross persecution : 
subsequent events show that the adts of spirits (as he 
assumed) are far exceeded in the particular exemplification 
which he attempted. 
It must be admitted that charlatanry is present at many 
seances ; but this must be attributed rather to the wonder- 
mongers than to the mediums, who, in their desire to gratify 
he wonder-seeking crowd, have endeavoured to simulate 
the real fadts in order that they might not go away disap- 
pointed. It is patent to frequent visitors of seances that the 
power which usually attends mediums is not always present 
01 ’ 1 . Pf esen t> not always active. Mediums are but human' 
and it is easily to be understood that when impelled by their 
cupidity they are not always in that frame of quietude and 
passiveness which is absolutely necessary for the present- 
ment of the manifestations. I may say that rarely con- 
vincing manifestations are obtained from a mixed class of 
paying attendants. This may be said, that any person 
leally desiring proofs is seldom disappointed. 
So far as my personal experience is concerned, the few 
presentments of which I have been a witness have led me 
conclusively to believe that there was an extra mundane power 
active and present. I hesitate to say that what I witnessed 
was the work of spirits, but to what other occult power it 
ls to be assigned I am at a loss to determine. One well- 
attested fact is as conclusive as a thousand : two I wit- 
nessed placed the matter, to my mind, beyond doubt. 
First. A letter lock, of eight letters, which had been 
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