Tuberculosis is another such thing; certain diseases of the heart---" "I see.

Go on." "Well, then, science has fixed certain periods in all these various matters which simply cannot be lessened beyond a certain point.

And miracle does not begin--authorized miracle, I mean--unless these periods are markedly shortened.

Mere mental cures, therefore, do not come under the range of authorized miracle at all--though, of course, in many cases where there has been little or no suggestion, or where the temperament is not receptive, practically speaking, the miraculous element is most probably present.

In the second class--organic nervous diseases--no miracle is proclaimed unless the cure is instantaneous, or very nearly so.