I do not think it beyond the bounds of possibility that the tumult of your nerves--for there was tumult; you confess it--communicated itself to him." "And was the cause of his conduct ?" "Yes.

In the course of my career I have been consulted by a great many patients whose nervous systems have been disastrously upset by the practices you describe, by so-called spiritualism, table-turning, and so forth.

One man I knew, trying to cultivate himself onto what he called 'a higher plane,' cultivated himself into a lunatic asylum, where he still remains." "Then you consider spiritualism-- ?" "I have too much respect for the soul, too much belief in its great destiny, Cresswell, to juggle with it, or to play tricks with it.

When one meets a genius one does not want to have a game at puss-in-the-corner with him.

One is rather anxious to hear him talk seriously and display his mind.