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CHAPTER xxi.-{continued. II

tnre of my experiments and discov.
cry. 1t has been ventilated in the
press SO largely during the last few
days, and Mr.. Donald Megbie has writ.
ten such lucid account of the in
fiuence which he believes the discoy-
cry will have upon modern life, that
am sure You all realize something OF
the nature of what am about to show
you.
TO put it very plainly, / am going
to show you how thought can be col
1ected in the form of vibrations, in
tho form of fluid electric current, and
collected directly from the brain of
the thinker as he thinks.
III am further going to demon
strate to you how this current can be
transformed into visible, living, and
actual representation OF the thoughts
ofsthe thinker
Y He stopped for moment, and there
mas g little murmur from his guests.
II Then he went on:
Before proceeding to actual expert
ment, 1t is necessary that / should
give you some account of the means
by which have achieved such mar
yelous results. do not propose to do
this in extremely technical language,
for, were to do SO, large portion OF
those here this afternoon would not
be able to follow me. l shall proceed
TO explain in words which think most
of you will understand.
My fllustrious confreres in science
will follow me and understand the
technical aspect of what am going
to put into very plain language. and
to them especially would say that,
after the actual experiment has been
conducted, shall beg them to exam
Inc my apparatus and to go into the
matter with me from a purely scien-
tific aspect.
't;And now. ladies and gentlemen.
let me begin. II
That light is transmitted by waves
in the ether As abundantly proved, but
the nature of the waves and the ma
ture of the ether have, until the pres
emit; always been uncertain. 1t is
known that the ultimate particles of
bodies exist in a state of vibration,
but It cannot be assumed that the vi
bration is purely mechanical. Expert
nlent has proved the existence of mag
netic and electric strains in the ether,
and have found that electromagnetic
strains are propagated with the same
speed as, that with which light travels.
You will now realize, to put it in
very simple language, that the connec-
lion between light and what the man
IN the street would call currents or
waves of electricity is very intimate
When had fully established this in
my own mind, I studied the physiology
Of the human body for long period.
found that the exciting agents in
The nerve system of the animal frame
are frequently electric, and upon sx-
perimenting upon the nerve system in
the human eye found that 1t could,
be excited by the reception of electro.
waves.
In the course OF my experiments Il
began more and more frequently to-
ask myself, What is the exact nature
st thought
on all know how Signor Marconil
can send out waves from one Of his
transnlitters. am now about to tell
you that the human brain is nothing
more or less than an organism which,
in the process of thought, sends out
into the surrounding ether a number
Df subtle vibrations. But as these VI
brations are SO akin In the!:@.sery as.
sence to the nature OF light, It occur
red to me that Il mi ght be possible to-
gather them together as they were
given oil, to diiifreet them to q certain
ss,el.st, and thsn, by means OF trans
forming them into actual light through
new@form OF spectroscope ard In
stead Of colored rays being projected
upon a screen through the prism Of
the instrument, the, actual living
thought OF the brain would appear for
everyone to see. :,5ss1
This Il, In brief, precisely what /
have done, and 1t is precisely what d
am going 10 show you In few min
ntes. Having given you this briefest
md slightest outline Of the law / have
discovered and proved, win explain
10 you something of the mechanical
means by which have proved 1t, and
by which II am going 10 show II % YOU
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