It would be difficult to prove that the experiments carried on for three years by Dr.Crookes in the presence of witnesses were cheats.

If he has been able to photograph visible and tangible spectres, we must recognize the veracity of the mediaeval thaumaturges.

Incredible, of course--and wasn't hypnotism, possession of one soul by another which could dedicate it to crime--incredible only ten years ago?
"We are groping in shadow, that is sure.

But Des Hermies hit the bull's-eye when he remarked, 'It is less important to know whether the modern pharmaceutic sacrileges are potent, than to study the motives of the Satanists and fallen priests who prepare them.' "Ah, if there were some way of getting acquainted with Canon Docre, of insinuating oneself into his confidence, perhaps one would attain clear insight into these questions.

I learned long ago that there are no people interesting to know except saints, scoundrels, and cranks.