South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-28
Scientific Evidence Of Thought ranserence or MENTAL eepav

IN my former article.
know that it annoys most scientists % 90.
the word discovery" used of a thing wbicb
70 them seems impossible namely The 49,
intercommunication between mind ara 49,
apart from the operation of normal and racogs
nlZed sense organs But know what the 1zord
discovery means In science, and I take fuII
Iesp0nslolnty for its use in this connection
WILL Tor their edifcation and amusement
glDbet myself further so I 20 ont Of nv 80
10 say that | quite expect that the procesa
Which we call telepathy, whose laws 7 sbonId
De glad to understand, Will be found applicabIe
TO- and VIII SO 10 speak explain or at anv rato
DE closely connected with those lon1-testfsoS
10 ana frequently encountered experience which
simulate, and perhaps in some rare cases trnIv
represent, communications from another order
OF mental existence which is normally disso
ciated from ordinary matter.
10 sum up Any one who limits HIS ranoo .,
inquiry TO the general categories of ALREADY
acquired knowledge has a sufficiently rich and
extensive held, and, by surrounding himself
with a definite boundary, is in a very Etrong
position. Entrenched in such a fortress Sir
Ray Lancaster and those who think with him
look with plying eyes on US, who, after some
exploration inside, have ventured outside the
walls, and they regard with contemDt any
assertions as TO what lies beyond the MALE
They are like the orthodox mariners of old Who
limited themselves 10 the shores OF the MedL
terranean. cruising round its coasts and grad
ually becoming familiar with every mort The
world as known TO the ancients was Their A.
main, and Ii was impious TO sail out through
the Pillars OF Hercules into the ocean beyond
Nenturesome explorers who transgressed tbosa
limits and from time TO time returned with
legends Of times and other unusual phenomena
were doubtless received with disapprobation
and incredulity, still more so IL they ventured
to deduce the possible existence OF a new con.
tinent, which yet cOnfessedly they had not
reached, from evidences derived from drifting
logs and a SaTgasso Sea.
That is my view Of the position and unless
We strangely limit the possibilities Of progress
before the human race in the aeons OF the
future, surely the most advanced and modern
man Of science must admit in a lucid interval
that posterity will regard him as one Of the
ancients, as one, too perhaps, who is patheti-
cally struggling amid a weller OF ignorance %
hold fast TO his traditions. to secure himself In
his fertile little oasis Of materialistic know
edge, 10 defend il against the hosts OF barba-
rians, and 70 resist the unwelcOme incursion
Of even friendly messengers from alien and
distant lands.
Meanwhile, We are accused OF lying, OF mega
lomania. Of folly and Of madness. Let It be so.
! for one am in no hurry. am not sorry that
the present state OF ignorance and prejudice
surrounding this subject in the minds OF q
large number OF scientific men in the year 1914
should be put on record, lamentable though IL
be, else pOsterity familiar with a mass OF
developed knowledge, will hardly credit the
curious obstruction which pioneers In this do
main still have 20 encounter. Secure IN tbs
progress OF the human race, ne shall bide our
time, cultivate our gardens and pass on before
any wealth OF fruits can be gathered In