Paradoxical philosophy : a sequel to the Unseen universe.

  • Balfour Stewart
Date:
1878
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Credit: Paradoxical philosophy : a sequel to the Unseen universe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    better understood, exhibit themselves on public platforms in the light of day. Elijah Holdfast (sarcastically).—On the floor of the House of Commons, for instance. Sir Kenneth MKelpie (continuing).—Per- haps even there; although the Speaker’s eye, Elijah Holdfast’s eloquence, and the Usher’s black rod would be a combination sufficient to appal the stoutest spirit. And now I will only detain you by adding one more item to my category in the shape of certain miscellaneous occurrences of a mysterious nature. For in- stance, I do not think the mango-tree perform- ance of Indian jugglers can be accounted for in the same way as the vulgar tricks we see performed by the score. And what do you say to the fact, for it is a fact, that an Indian Fakeer will allow himself to be buried alive for a month or more ? Finally, I read of an extra- ordinary performance which lately took place in Paris before scientific physiologists, in which a girl lay prostrate, having one side of her body quite unconscious, while the other was acutely
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