However, I think I have done it myself by the rules of common
sense....--Your sincere friend,
ALFRED R. WALLACE.
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TO MR. H. JAMYN BROOKE
_Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne. December 2, 1910._
Dear Sir,--Your "monistic" system is to me a system of mere
contradictory words. You begin with three things--then you say they are
correlated with one substance--coextensive with the universe. This you
cannot possibly know, and it is about as intelligible and as likely to
be true as the Athanasian Creed!--Yours truly,
ALFRED R. WALLACE.
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TO PROP. KNIGHT
_Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset. October 1, 1913._
Dear Mr. Knight,--I have written hardly anything on the direct proofs of
"immortality" except in my book on "Miracles and Modern Spiritualism,"
and also in "My Life," Vol. II. But my two works, "Man's Place in the
Universe" (now published at 1s.), and my later volume, "The World of
Life," form together a very elaborate, and I think conclusive,
scientific argument in favour of the view that the whole material
universe exists and is designed for the production of immortal spirits,
in the greatest possible diversity of nature, and character,
corresponding with ... the almost infinite diversity of that universe,
in all its parts and in every detail....--Yours very truly,
ALFRED R.
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