The sun., 1903-11-26
THE THOUGHT LIFTERS.
Discoura semsAt for Them from the Scranton
Professor.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-.Sfr: AS a con .
sequence OF the publication OF my communica-
tIon In THE SUN OF Nov. 20. on the subject OF the
dynamic effect OF concentrated cumulative hu
man thought. am overwhelmed by letters OF In
ouiry now numbering over 500 and beg THE SUN
TO say how impossible It Ia for me TO reply TO these
numerous letters personally. but that I am pre- :
pairing pamphlet on the subject, and will gladly
mail copy to each OF the letter writer's free Of all
charge. as soon as II Is out Of press
II your correspondent whose letter appears In
your issue OF Nov % over the signature PRO Bono
Pubico" will send me his address will be pleased
also 70 mall him copy free. He will therein learn
that 1t Is not possible to lift any material object
to any height. no matter how great the multitude
who concentrate their thought upon the object.
That It can be overturned admit, but raised or
elevated never
With the aid OF a few friends can at any time
topple heavy chair from a table or overtum It
upon the floor: but defy PRO Bono Publlco," with
any number Of cooperators 10 lift the object one
inch This dlsposeS OF his theory Of the building
of the Pyramids. He forgets T. said the destruc.
tion OF the Brooklyn Bridge would be due to "the
constantly augmented synchronous oscillations
of the structure, and there would not be pound
Of It lifted. Prof MIRAB1LE Nisu.
SCRANTON, Pa, Nov, ~.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: "Pro Bono
Publico" is satiricay dynamic at the expense Of
a we'll meaning Scranton professor who thinks
that heavy material objects be moved by
thought lifting. As this theory merely resolves
itself Into question OF degree. there Is absolutely
no reason why feat OF this kind should not be
nplshed-sorne day.
Thought reading, thought transfcrencc and
thought lifting are all In their Infancy yet,
and curious mistakes are made on account OF the
lack of concentration OF thought.
Once on a time had a personal experience or
I regret to say. the failure of one OF these meta
physicians. was placed blndfolded In the middle
OF the room. to do knew not what. while every
one tried to concentrate his attention on what
had been prearranged sudden impulse-somc
body must have been thinking OF the same thing
compelled me 70 turn out all the gas This created
a feminine pandemonium, entirely uncallcd for
! have never been able to discover where the con
ccntration Of thought came from that made me
do this. Probably the idea that such experiments
should he conducted In the dark uppermost
In my own and other minds.
Since that time have developed Into a very
good subject. and It is quite the cards that In
conjunction with few other choice concentrated
spirits. may later on become dynamic enough
10 bore tunnels without the necessity OF dltchIng
the greater part OF greater city. IL.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23.
Doesn't Believe the Thought LITTER. Built
the Pyramids.
TO THE EDITOR or THE SrN-,Str: ] have heard
the theory advanced by tho Scranton professor
and PRO Bono Publico" so often that must come
In 10 say a few words. No ono who has seen the
temples and Pyramids OF the Egyptians In Africa will
condescend to think for one moment that Thought
builders" built what has been and is considered
one Of the wonders Of the world. II may be Just
10 try to overlook the criterion OF persons who
have never seen the temples or the Pyramids and
who believe them mythical But who can ascend to
the summit and contcmplatcin in silence the surround
Ing expansc OF land and yet believe that these
monuments of past ages were buIldcd merely by
concentration OF thought.
| have walked up and down the Washington
monument In Washington ID. c.. and not for on Q
moment do believe II was built up by fairies or
any imaginary or fantastic gcnli of The Arabian
Nights"
Eminent and well vcrscd men In the science Of
engineering and architecture who have studied
the temples and Pyramids from every angle and
circle color and shade most carefully have seldom
II al all seriously advanced such valuclcss data
for the solution OF how the black skinned
Egyptians built their monuments.
Granting. for the sake Of argument that there
is truth In thought builders, how is II possible
that less mysterious things have never been solved'
NEwf foRK GUARIoSEx.