The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-25

ssnsatsess . Psssea Feels whea
Falsisg rrsa Dssay Height.
would You hear beautiful musicf Then
throw yourself from the roof Of . sky
scraper. A cliff win do. or a church
steepie or the hasket Of balloon: tho
point IL that IL you fall from a great
height you WIN experience very agreeable
sensations.
Tns only drawback Il that you proha-
bly, won't live 20 remember them
Several persons who have INTERNATIONALLY
lived 20 resnemher how thay felt under
such circumstances have Described their
sensations 90 Prof Heiru. Of Zurich who
became interested I'm the subject after
xti<ing and falling n mile I'm fha Alps and
hearing beautiful music all tho way uAkgl
he landed on hts head.
Agony Not bit Of ~ The professor
has expoAe5 that Idea. All the testimony
he hse collected goes 20 show that fail
ing - real treat. about a million times
riesr than sobcggannfng. and tnat II u
were not for the painful and ssten fatal
consequences q would srilpse self and sn-
tomohiling az fashionable divc~sian.
AlshsDxh unnhla to collect evidence frru1
persons who have been killed outright by
failing. Pref. Hetru IN satisfied that they
felt no more and no less than hss witt
nessae. most Of whnsu wer. dashed into
uncensciansness a; the end of their trio.
Ills conclusion 10 thMf the ncs Of falling
brings no pain. no parsiYTing trrrnr. no
anxiety. no despair. In q word. u u far
less dlsagrseshss than almost any other
rssoda of dra<h. and - q sensation -
greatly 70 70 preferred 20 presence IN q
fheater whcn some fool shouts "Flrsi
fArrset the Airtse climber. fell back
ward from q cifr snd was nearly Killed
IL shs valley t@sew. He teid Prut. Hearn
xfterwara thai he was conscious from
sss f.srsnning 10 th~ end ~ hss fail ana
enjoyed fhe sensation IT hsing wafssf
isk~ thssefsdvwm thsnash the air. fsls
brain worked with great ra{aassg.
Therw was NJ hreaf hiessue~a there was
No saregtmx frers shock. there wan 10
rsaan. even ~hen rAxrtst etruck the answ-
covered rrnuaf ard test consequences.
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lis sts,fsrtpss N1xfn.
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Nts saenGRrss ~T~e clear. hss ussna eatsn
ana ~ sars se47Ekfe1 wfth re5rssfai hag-
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p<.sfr.rsed o. shsastcse6.
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