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phygiaAi > i 6 T / radr ^ l « aau 4 e&y its acts bgfiBieansjointhft feff ^ iyo « iijgw ^ ij $ u ® dbtfoi&tu fore ^ h ysicai Taaetk ^ rDQrafc « i ^ nedoe 6 be pCibe : n < itnalBO fixerted . ! - 7 ^ te ^^ 3 ^^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ nwneo ^ aodi by = ^ lacingii bi rnsetf on 4 hQoqp ^ sft « rafa ^^ to stand than by any reasoning he <^\ &kty ^ me $ o 6 ro 9 B $ JecfertioriaR ^ ¦ nis ^ fe 4 iis patieat tanv bis attention to sdme&ieg I $ lse ri 2 tEhe 3 * eiBm I iaisritfte mediumiof 1 iliumon ^ ^ and th e ne r ves therefore , shcrotd d >^ dr ^ i £ efi £ jot 3 fa ^ f iki ^ Badt I isiiMilkdnmdBGeived ? arti jiot : the deceiver $ -: [ < and ; ife&iway ; to *| tstel 3 fcbe > itbteo of (
sionrMftooiTBcfci ^ dhe instrument deception . > , . ' -bvi'ii . o iud .. gsoijiieqqG !< tMarki ^ cciii ^ ufn staJiee s have : Jbr some time been working together taiejt ect a coaiplBteBelucid ^ tiQii of . the subjec t of which we arejtreating ^ i ^ Rie ^ ptibH * cation of Nicolai ' s case was the first advantage afforded . riBri bB ^ rmr ^ iof Manchester , directed public attention to it in this country ; and the materials h ^^ aftoMe ^^ ei ^ HrnprpVed upon by Dr . ' Hibbert , in R& wor ^ t ) n trte ? <* nil 6-\ To this are indebted for soni ^
so ^^ ol ^ ^ i ^ ritions ; ; work we of t ^ fields ^^' 7 ^ sCv ^^^^^^«^» " \^ inL ^ I' ¦ ' JF or . ;" . tl ^ e '' . " s « g : gestiori ^ oF more . Sir Wajte ^\ $ ^ iipjq i lias st ^^ | r | u--: styi 4 ^ ^ fro m beginning to end , but with ; no oilier dpi ^ eni a ^ y ^^^ j jtj ^ n leaning some interesting cases , and presenting his rea ^ e ^ witfo $ Qn ^ , hin 4 wWeh it is to be hoped they will amplify , asThe 1 jhas-ndei clinediitehelask , ? f ? What an opportunity has he lost of illustrating a dauckie * giiM * jdfiii 4 f ^ l ix The subject of supernatural appearances has forages been
W ^ it ^ i ^ et ^ eallyj and of late , medically and philosophically . Sir W . £ coit $ ty ^ iiitiii ^ tjie 1 philosophy and the poetry as we expected he would , nitght ha ^ e ^ rfei ) ped a work of singular interest and beauty , instead of doing wtiat in . hvtn isy to set back the world which he has such mighty power to roll Qnwai ;^ ., ^ jth is is the more mischievous as it is certain that very gross sijperstjtion ; not only lurks among the ignorant classes of society , but is countenanced by some who ought to know better . We are still told that the belief of supernatural agency has been so useful in the world ; that it is an to of it has
injj ^ ry to soci et y loosen the restraints hope and fear which ; inrtposed . We are still plied with stones ( true and interesting we ; allow ) of the ; detection of guilt and the reformation of the guilty , of Consolation to the opposed and support to the innocent , imparted by means of dreams iarid € Miveris . We are asked what we think of the conversion of ColonelXjterdiner au ^ of the discovery of murder which to ok place in the , pas ^ ^ pf C ^ r | 3 er , aaq , in mapy similar instances . It is strange that the inflMenc ^ in thesci cases should not be recognized , and that it should be foygQ ^ ft ^ aiv
much itniseryf has been caused by the superstition ^ such ? peraonSiW ^ uld perpe- < . tuate . For one man who has been converted like Colonel Gardiner , hu& * dreds have been impelled to crimes which they would not have pe ' fp&fcafced but from a belief that they were destined to do so . The ! intellects of thoti * sai ^ ds fiav e ' ^ ten craipped by irrational fears , their ; ehe ^ e ^^ eiVe ^ d ^ W ^ degradin ^ cpnceptiohs of the mature of Deity , their ! . ^ i ^ . ' bj ^ Wyh' ^ tt ^ i ^^ tempers soured by wrong notions of the purposes ^^^^^^ MftrS ^ fi ^ obedience . Every reader of history knows this ; and if a record could be eb 4 bH >^ jcfcQ £ jihe icases of suici ^ of niadn £ S % ipft iuy . rtyj ; dqni , w / i deaUi iiom tejT «?<> p w&fehfjfeave beea ocqasianed ( by ptoular bqper ^ tions ^^ tbarjiai ^ teildubfi ;! th
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 757, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/29/
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