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certain   professional   medium   to   whom   I   have   sent   many�察  �mothers   who 

were in need of consolation。 I always ask the applicants to report the result 

to me�察�and I have their letters of surprise and gratitude before me as I write。 

;Thank you for this beautiful and interesting experience。 She did not make 

a single mistake about their names�察�and everything she said was correct。; 

In this case there was a rift between husband and wife before death�察�but 

the medium was able�察�unaided�察�to explain and clear up the whole matter�察�

mentioning the correct circumstances�察�and names of everyone concerned�察�

and showing the reasons for the non´arrival of certain letters�察�which had 

been   the   cause   of   the   misunderstanding。   The   next   case   was   also   one   of 

husband and wife�察�but it is the husband who is the survivor。 He says�此 �It 

was a most successful sitting。 Among other things�察�I addressed a remark in 

Danish to my wife ��who is a Danish girl���察�and the answer came back in 

English   without   the   least   hesitation。; The  next   case   was   again   of   a   man 



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who   had   lost   a   very   dear   male   friend。   ;I   have   had   the   most   wonderful 

results with Mrs。  to´day。 I cannot tell you the joy it has been to me。 

Many  grateful   thanks   for   your   help。;   The   next   one   says�此   �Mrs。      was 

simply wonderful。 If only more people knew�察�what agony they would be 

spared。;   In   this   case   the   wife   got   in   touch   with   the   husband�察  �and   the 

medium mentioned correctly five dead relatives who were in his company。 

The next is a case of mother and son。 ;I saw Mrs。  to´day�察�and obtained 

very  wonderful   results。   She   told   me   nearly  everything   quite   correctlya 

very  few   mistakes。; The   next   is   similar。   ;We   were   quite   successful。   My 

boy   even   reminded   me   of   something   that   only   he   and   I   knew。;   Says 

another�此   �My   boy   reminded   me   of   the   day   when   he   sowed   turnip   seed 

upon the lawn。 Only he could have known of this。; These are fair samples 

of the letters�察�of which I hold a large number。 They are from people who 

present   themselves   from   among   the   millions   living   in          London�察  �or   the 

provinces�察  �and   about   whose   affairs   the   medium   had   no   possible   normal 

way of knowing。 Of all the very numerous cases which I have sent to this 

medium   I   have   only   had   a   few   which   have   been   complete   failures。   On 

quoting      my    results   to  Sir   Oliver    Lodge�察    �he   remarked      that   his  own 

experience       with   another     medium      had   been    almost    identical。    It  is  no 

exaggeration   to   say   that   our   British   telephone   systems   would   probably 

give a larger proportion of useless calls。 How is any critic to get beyond 

these facts save by ignoring or misrepresenting them�拭�Healthy�察�scepticism 

is   the   basis   of   all   accurate   observation�察  �but   there   comes   a   time   when 

incredulity   means   either   culpable   ignorance   or   else   imbecility�察  �and   this 

time has been long past in the matter of spirit intercourse。 In my own case�察�

this medium mentioned correctly the first name of a lady who had died in 

our house�察�gave several very characteristic messages from her�察�described 

the only two dogs which we have ever kept�察�and ended by saying that a 

young officer was holding up a gold coin by which I would recognise him。 

I had lost my brother´in´law�察�an army doctor�察�in the war�察�and I had given 

him a spade guinea for his first fee�察�which he always wore on his chain。 

There were not more than two or three close relatives who knew about this 

incident�察    �so  that   the   test  was    a  particularly    good    one。    She   made     no 

incorrect   statements�察  �though   some   were   vague。 After   I   had   revealed   the 



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identity of this medium several pressmen attempted to have test seances 

with   hera   test   seance   being�察  �in   most   cases�察  �a   seance   which   begins   by 

breaking   every   psychic   condition   and   making   success   most   improbable。 

One of these gentlemen�察�Mr。 Ulyss Rogers�察�had very fair results。 Another 

sent from ;Truth; had complete failure。 It must be understood that these 

powers do not work from the medium�察�but through the medium�察�and that 

the forces in the beyond have not the least sympathy with a smart young 

pressman in search of clever copy�察�while they have a very different feeling 

to   a   bereaved    mother   who   prays   with   all   her   broken   heart   that   some 

assurance may be given her that the child of her love is not gone from her 

for ever。 When this fact is mastered�察�and it is understood that ;Stand and 

deliver;   methods   only   excite   gentle   derision   on   the   other   side�察  �we   shall 

find   some   more   intelligent   manner   of   putting   things   of   the   spirit   to   the 

proof。��3�А�

       ��3�А�See Appendix D。 

       I   have   dwelt   upon   these   results�察  �which   could   be   matched   by   other 

mediums�察�to show that we have solid and certain reasons to say that the 

verbal   reports   are   not   from   the   mediums   themselves。   Readers   of Arthur 

Hill's   ;Psychical   Investigations;   will   find   many   even   more   convincing 

cases。    So   in   the  written    communications�察       �I  have    in  a  previous     paper 

pointed to the ;Gate of Remembrance; case�察�but there is a great mass of 

material which proves that�察�in spite of mistakes and failures�察�there really is 

a   channel   of   communication�察  �fitful   and   evasive   sometimes�察  �but   entirely 

beyond coincidence or fraud。 These�察�then�察�are the usual means by which 

we   receive   psychic   messages�察  �though   table   tilting�察  �ouija   boards�察  �glasses 

upon   a   smooth   surface�察  �or   anything   which   can   be   moved   by   the   vital 

animal´magnetic   force   already   discussed   will   equally   serve   the   purpose。 

Often information is conveyed orally or by writing which could not have 

been known to anyone concerned。 Mr。 Wilkinson has given details of the 

case where his dead son drew attention to the fact that a curio ��a coin bent 

by a   bullet��   had   been   overlooked   among   his   effects。  Sir William  Barrett 

has narrated how a young officer sent a message leaving a pearl tie´pin to 

a friend。 No one knew that such a pin existed�察�but it was found among his 

things。   The   death   of   Sir   Hugh   Lane   was   given   at   a   private   seance   in 



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