SPIRITUALISTIC.
A good anecdote is told of the late Pro fessor Agassiz and Home the spiritualist. They happened to meet in a railway carriage, and getting into conversation, Home complained of the prejudices of men of science, who refused to investigate the phenomena of spiritualism. "Mr Home," replied the great geologist, "I never refuse to investigate anything which pro* mises to advance science, and nothing will give me greater delight than to investigate the marvels which ocour, as you Say, at your meetings." " Well, then," said Home, "come this very night and witness the appearance of the spirit-hand." " Nothing will give me more pleasure," answered Agassiz, than to be one of the guests round the table where the spirit-hand appears. My opinion is that it is a physical hand with a little phosphorous rubbed over it; but I am open to conviction. All I ask is that I shall have the privilege of putting my stiletto through it. If the hand a spirit-hand, no harm will occur;-if it is a human hand, I feel confident in my power to transfix it on the table, much to; the discomfort of the possessor." Home declined, the test. Such a want of faith, he Baid, would necessarily prevent the spirit-hand from appearing."
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4451, 11 April 1883, Page 2
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