. Spiritism, hypnotism and telepathy as involved in the case of Mrs. Leonora E. Piper and the Society of psychical research. ission of spiritualism, if it is yet defined. should beto demonstrate t. The immortality of the soul of man. 2. Its power to communicate with the living, by meansincapable of being denied or refuted. It is evidence that is needed. In the courts we establishwiiat we call facts by human evidence. Uncontradicted human evidence in a case is often acceptedas a fact in a case, that in .point of fact is not a fact at all. Human evidence is full of weakness, yet in all the walks
. Spiritism, hypnotism and telepathy as involved in the case of Mrs. Leonora E. Piper and the Society of psychical research. ission of spiritualism, if it is yet defined. should beto demonstrate t. The immortality of the soul of man. 2. Its power to communicate with the living, by meansincapable of being denied or refuted. It is evidence that is needed. In the courts we establishwiiat we call facts by human evidence. Uncontradicted human evidence in a case is often acceptedas a fact in a case, that in .point of fact is not a fact at all. Human evidence is full of weakness, yet in all the walksof life, we accept it, and we cannot consent to any plan orbasis by which it is to be ignored. A safe standard for our labor—one which must be consid-ered by all to be conclusive—is Truth. We in determiningas to the facts, or the law in a case before courts and juries,ask for the Truth. Science delights in demonstration, but inbeliefs if demonstration is demanded, creeds must be writtenon a thumb nail, and not a half inch long. Let it be our mottoto search onlv for the Truth, which is immortal and will HON ABRAM H. DAILEY, of brooklyn, x. y., Ex-Presidext Medicolegal Society, Vice-Chairman Psychological Sectiox, Vice-Presidext American Coxgress of Tuberculosis. SPIRITISM AND MRS. LEONORA E. PIPER, AND DOCTOR THOMSON J. HUDSONS THEORIES IN REGARD TO IT. BY EX-JUDGE ABRAM H. DAILEY, Ex-President of the Medico-Legal Society of New York-. In commenting upon a paper coming from the pen of soable a writer as Dr. Thomson J. Hudson has proved himselfto be, in fairness to myself it is proper for me to say, that Iwould not undertake this task did I not feel it my duty to doso. A man placed as I am, who thinks he knows the truth,upon so important a matter as is here under discussion,—atruth affecting the entire human family,—and fails to speakthe truth as he finds it, is cowardly, and does violence to amoral law which fair minded persons must recognize. The subject i
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