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Tie society of the Progressive cpiFa-
taallsls sas addressed last evening by
Prof. Clegg Anght, # Trenton, \. J.
Unlike most of The speakers who have
addressed the society, tne past year.
Prof Wright relies wholly apon bls
resources foT hss inspirauon. In the
spee.al line OF subjects npon which he
seems 10 have devoted tue nosI time
Ia technical study. these personal re-
soafses are fully adequate 10 all emer-
gencles, bat ne failed last evening 10
reveal tie posssssion of any raFe eA-
tenpefaneous Wisdom upon SUBJECTS
iying outside OF hls specially, Lac all
the speakers who have addressed the
society, Prof hnghs speaks lHalTonlptu
upon subjects handed up from tie
audience. He IL gentleman
81 nne general culture, aad speaks las
mother tongue With absolute gfammat-
ical accuracy ana with easy hnency.
lis manner ana dietlonafe fascinating
and, As mere Orator, he would we'll
please any audience on aay subject
within hss scope. Ii Is understood that
he has gwen special attention 10 the
sclentnc aspects OF spriiuahsIn.
The TELEGRAM HKRAIp. has been
asked 10 send up subject for Prof
Wright 10 discuss. during one OF the
meetings of hls engagement here. IL
Was the same question which one OF the
lsGy speaker ln Greenwood Hall had
declined pGlnt-blank 10 discuss on tie
ground tnat 4 involved the dealing IN
personalities. The question was '.fhe
influence Of heredity and early en-.
ylroument on character. "a illustrated
specially IN the character OF Alexander
Hamilton"
On the general subjects OF hered'iv
and environment, the speaker lett
nothing 10 be desired by the most tas-
tldious critic. But il ought 10 have
been remembered that there are nlys-
teries surrounding the earliest life of
lhe great man, and.tiIat he who throws
bght on these dark pieces viii confer a
signal benefit upon mankind. The
birth, life end career OF Hamilton,
however, found no place whatever in
the answer. The most outspoken al
fusion TO them even suggested tie IN
ference that Massachusetts Was the
cradle in which the coming statesman
was rocked.
Another question sent up was "Is
Mediumship Natural?" The answer,
the speaker SAID, demanded first of all,
definitions OF natural" and OF
medium" Nature Is that that j..
Mediumship is channel of conditions
arranged IN the condition Of man that
enables the spirit 10 give that man a
part of its knowledge. Any person is A
medium who has large cerebral mass
and deep conyoluaons. Here the
speaker gave nis audience an ex-
position Of the nervous organization
of man and its functions. Although II
was the stern scientific elucidation Of IA
thorough master of the subject, il was
20 eloquently said that il sounded more
like a poem than a dissertation. He
said that the brain contained more than
GO0, 900 900 distinct cells, each contain
ing the vital fluid, and all aglow with
their OWN magnetism. Now when a
spirit puts It's magnetism into the
presses upon that brain the
same physical vibrations which that
spirit would impress upon its OWE brain
IL ~ t.di VIC. IL lOok illlO tDlf
brain, | should find each molecuie of j,
in vibrations, and the form of each
cell corresponding with the form of the
thought operating upon II. Whenever
the spirit, acting ON the medium, is
able 10y Its magnetism 10 throw a gwen
form upon the cellular structure of
the brain, the corresponding menta.
life of the medium is similarly affected
and the medium thinks the thought
and does the will OF the spirit.
The speaker then described the gar.
glionic system, showing how all auto.
matte action is controlled by these
many nerve centers. and showing how
these are the objects OF the mesmerist' s
influence, as the BRAIN cells are the
objects OF the influence of dlsembodied
spirits.
The speaker closed the discours,
with an allusion TO the death OF Gen.
eral Sherman, contrasting the march
through Georgia with that unending
march TO the shoreless sea which vii
never be reached, because the law OF
eternal lite Is on and on, always up
ward. but never attaining that supreme
height which is iniinity itself.