The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-26

In my former article
tho N NOV mat 1t annoys most scientists to go.
TO them eo discovery" used Of thing which
a.. ein seems impossible. namely the diran,
iu.eIconlnunication between mind and 80.
aPui from the operation Of normal and r'
"disoo sense organs. But know what the vord
uiscoVery means in science. and 7 taEa " cru
!esponslDiity for its use in this connao.;
vii LOT their edifcation and amnsemant
- s,Ooe. myself further. SO go out of nv wav
10 say that quite expect that Tho May
whlch we call telepathy whose LAVE p SSs
ne grad 10 understand. will be found annjicehia
~ ~ ahu VIII SO TO speak explain, or at any -ste
to and frso, Gonnected with. those longtestfed.
~ GU frequently encountered experience yphioh
sliAuiate, and perhaps in some rare casee +-,,iu
80 n; communications from another order
OF mental existence which is normaIIy Si1
eiaeeo from ordinary matter ~
10 sum up Any one who limits HE
.nIuiiy 10 the general categories of a1read.
evtufeu knowledge has sufficiently rich and
extensive field. and, by surroundne bir, an1
WIN definite boundary, is in p verv s..soa
posit1on. Entrenched in such fortress 81,
i ioay Lankester and those who think with him
Iooh WIN plying eyes on US who after some
exploration inside, have ventured ontsida the
"aiis, ana hey regard with contempt env
assertions as to what lies beyond the naIe
iinited ,h iahe tne orthodox mariners Of old who
t themselves to the shores of the AIedj
.eITdnean, cruising round It's coasts and prad
uahy becoming familiar with every port Tho
49,, 49, as known TO the ancients was their do
main, and 1t was impious TO sail out through
me flllars OF Hercules into the ocean hevond
,vehturesome explorers who transgressed those
iiinlls ana from time TO time returned with
!esehds or times and other unusual phenomena
were ooubtless received with Instrumentation
ana lncredulity, still more SO If they yentured
t ~ oeauce me possible existence of new con.
tihent which as yet confessedly they had not
IIeached from evidences derived from drifting
logs and Sargasso Sea-
mat is my view of the position and unIesa
we strangely limit the possibilities of progress
oeiore the human race in the aeons of the
luture surely the most advanced and modern
man OF science must admit, In a lucid interval
that posterity will regard him as one Of the
anclents, as one, too perhaps, who is patheti.
caily struggling amid weller Of ignorance to
noid fast to his traditions, to secure himself In
MS fertile little oasis OF materialistic know.
edge, to defend 1t against the hosts of barba.
rams, and to resist the unwelcome incursior
OF even friendly messengers from alien and
distant lands.
Meanwhile we are accused OF lying, OF mega.
lomana, OF folly and of madness. Let 1t be so.
j for one am in no hurry. / am not sorry that
the present state OF ignorance and prejudice
surrounding this subject in the minds of
large number Of scientific men in tho year 1913
should be put on record, lamentable though it
be, else posterity. familiar with a mass OF
developed knowledge. will hardly credit the
curious obstruction which pioneers in this do
main still have to encounter. Secure in the
progress Of the human race, we shall bide our
time, cultivate our gardens and pass on before
any wealth OF fruits can be gathered In.