The Washington herald., 1909-02-07

s are here to give such open account as
We can. they were together in the doctors
- library From the shaded jets OF chan
kESySKZE deIer above them soft radiance fell upon
sGaSpSSE their figures working little opal effects in
@IIz- the smoke that lifted from the lawyers
cigar doctors pipe and touching the tnn WaVy
white hair Of the professor 10 paler lUster.
"I believe I understand your point Of view. pro
fessor" the lawyer saying but the claim you put
forward to absurd. absolutely so Your con-
the human mind in certain degrees OF ceve
nent and excation may become conscious Of surround
ing objects without the aid OF the optic or auditory
nerves pushes creduity TO the breaking point Do you
mean to tell me you sometimes look through things
whereas doctor and for instance only look upon
themg'
Sometimes. yet rarely Indeed replied the pro-
fessor quietly ITO thus perceive things is not normal
you understand normality, but We are not always
normal. you know"
NO: We are sometimes crazy then we things. 80
laughed the lawyer. running his fingers through his
thick dark hair.
The professor smiled. grant you that there are
illusions" he said. that mental Images IN rare
instances become visualized and realities. but
there no greater illusion than the notion that
the things about entirely what our physical senses
make them appear We normally only part OF any
thing Just the outside the spirit But why should
it that to perceive the spirit Itself
must always remain mpOssible?'
The doctor was glancing newspaper that lay upon
before him. he picked his glasses from
his brushing the palm OF his hand across his
bald turned toward the other two He had dark
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fessor but we searched IN vain for the spirit have
gone into the inside and found it he said
Man has dssected and analyZed down 10 the last
shred back formless pTimeval slime. MS brain
been weighed and taken apart he has
been patiently explored knife acid and lens, and
no one has ever found soul spirit n him"
The lawyer laughed, the professor dvelt upon the
doctors counteaance with eyes that patient mus
ing tender his thin aesthetic face untroEbled What
big learned Iteralist you are doctor" he said You
just educated boy, believing when you have ex-
plored the center Of dead and nd no soul there
that live have none II you take your scapel ana
attempt TO explore 1--we you viii quickly find that
soul rather you viii find that soul there
Is inhabiting body and VIII site you hard in defense
Of its dwelling place"
The doctor waved his hands before him. bovfng and
chuckIing TO honest professor, you seem 70 have
ne on the hip" he agreed. but you must permit me
20 add also that have looked about ne patiently during
some years and have yet soul outside Of a
body"
NO and what's more you never Will" laughed the
lawyer
Never Is a long vordT remarked the professor
Certainly neither you is likely become aware Of
that which functions the plane OF consciousness
until you have stepped out Of your present bodies
through called death II IS extraordinary how
sve should doubt that there states OF life
that your present means Of perception fail bring into
your consciousness Being exceedingly limited in the
range Of our perceptions, why should assume that
little constitutes the entire contents OF the
IimitlesSeer
YES. We grant that but what We doubt is TIE con-
tnuity human individuality" said the lawyer We
admit the continuity OF Hfs phenomena, but not the
continuity OF individual consciousness
4 hundred good reasons and many absolute facts
might be offered clear your doubts. said the pro-
fessor but they would probably fail The occidental
aterass have concentrated their faculties long
money and matter that with many Of them, spiritual
perception impossible; the and OF their
souls have been stopped with mud"
reddish cloud Of color c-ept the lawyers face
and neck but laughed good humoredly. The doctor
looked them his eyeglasses the corners Of his
big mouth twitching with enjoyment
You speak glibly OF Offering reasons, a hundred or
So" the lawyer said Why marshal large number
One would be sufficient were and healthy and
had its roots embedded IN fact The fact itself how
ever would the convincing thing could II fo-
once be brought open field: for instance. the real
spirit Of some dead person verifying itself beyond ques
ton making itself visible TO sans and normal per
sons such as the doctor and myself"
The professor smiled. passing his long. thin hand
slowly across his sensitive mouth signing Friend
II say that such illumination IS improbable. indeed al
most impossible TO you If should state why, then
fear would seem extensively personal
Come boys come now. I've heard you thrash this
same straw over fifty times laughed the doc
TOT You usually get more wheat out OF t. too
notice in the newspaper here account of another
lynching striking example OF mob hypnosis Il oc
CURED in The south cease 20 wondei
at this phenomenon the sudden inundation OF the Pr
mary reasoning consciousness Of men By animal impulse
when excited and in crowds. Men, Of course are sug
gestbIe animals but humlating 10 observe how
singuIarly weak individuality they become when fused
in mass They then accept and act upon outward sug
geston with the guOity OF sheep and the immortality